Tag Archives: Hong Kong

• Chinese soldiers help clean up Hong Kong streets, but violence flares again 16 November 2019 | James Pomfret and Sarah Wu This post has one comment

  Police fired tear gas while protesters threw petrol bombs and fired arrows in clashes outside Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University on Saturday, just hours after Chinese soldiers made a rare appearance to help clean up ...

• China’s Xi warns Hong Kong protesters are jeopardising ‘one country, two systems’ status 14 November 2019 | Catherine Lai and Yan Zhao This post has one comment

  China's President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned deepening protests in Hong Kong threaten the "one country, two systems" principle governing the semi-autonomous city, in comments following the fourth day of a strike. ...

• Thousands hold vigils as Hong Kong student’s death triggers outrage 8 November 2019 | Yan Zhao and Su Xinqi This post has no comments yet

  Thousands of Hong Kongers held vigils Friday night for a student who died from a fall during recent protester clashes with police, triggering fresh outrage from the pro-democracy movement an ...

• US House passes Hong Kong ‘Democracy Act’ 16 October 2019 This post has no comments yet

  The US House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday sought by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong that aims to defend civil rights in the city, prompting an angry response from China. ...

• Chinese soldiers in Hong Kong warn protesters as emergency rules fail to quell unrest 6 October 2019 | James Pomfret and Jessie Pang This post has no comments yet

  Chinese soldiers issued a warning to Hong Kong protesters on Sunday who shone lasers at their barracks in the city, in the first direct interaction with mainland military forces. ...

• Hong Kong leader invokes emergency powers to ban masks 4 October 2019 | Jerome Taylor and Jasmine Leung This post has 2 comments

  Hong Kong's leader invoked colonial-era emergency powers Friday to ban protesters wearing face masks, but the move aimed at quelling months of unrest sparked immediate fresh rallies. ...

• China could take ‘much harder’ line against Hong Kong after celebrations 2 October 2019 | Weizhen Tan This post has one comment

  Now that China’s 70th anniversary celebrations are over, Beijing could take a “much harder” line on Hong Kong if violence continues to mount, says a professor at Cornell University. ...

• Hong Kong crisis threatens to spoil China’s 70th party 29 September 2019 | Poornima Weerasekara This post has 2 comments

  China's tightly choreographed 70th birthday bash next week risks being upstaged by pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, casting a shadow over China's momentous anniversary celebrations. ...

• Thousands rally to commemorate 2014 Hong Kong protests 28 September 2019 | Eileen Ng This post has no comments yet

  Thousands of people gathered Saturday for a rally in downtown Hong Kong, belting out songs, speeches and slogans to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2014 protest movement. ...

• Hong Kong activists take cause to US Congress 17 September 2019 | Shaun Tandon This post has no comments yet

  Leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement on Tuesday appealed to US lawmakers to exert pressure on Beijing, warning that an erosion of the city's special status would embolden China. ...