Tag Archives: Hong Kong

• Hong Kong protests thin as two sides agree to talk 7 October 2014 | Tim Sullivan and Kelvin Chan This post has no comments yet

  Crowds of protesters who filled Hong Kong's streets with demands for more democracy thinned dramatically Tuesday after student leaders and the government agreed to hold talks. ...

• Hong Kong protesters defy Beijing with calls for democracy 29 September 2014 | Farah Master and Clare Baldwin This post has no comments yet

  Hong Kong democracy protesters defied volleys of tear gas and police baton charges to stand firm in the centre of the global financial hub on Monday. ...

• China tells Taiwan: Reunifying will end antagonism 27 September 2014 This post has no comments yet

  Chinese president Xi Jinping said reunifying the mainland and Taiwan is about ending political antagonism rather than about rebuilding territories and sovereignty, state media reported Friday. ...

• Protesting Hong Kong students storm government complex | Aaron Tam This post has no comments yet

  Dozens of protesters broke through the gates of Hong Kong's government headquarters late Friday in an ongoing student demonstration against Beijing's refusal to grant the city unfettered democracy. ...

• Thousands of activists stage ‘black cloth’ march in Hong Kong 14 September 2014 | Donny Kwok and Diana Chan This post has no comments yet

  Thousands of pro-democracy activists clad in black marched silently through Hong Kong on Sunday, holding banners saying they felt betrayed and angry at Beijing's refusal to allow fully-democratic elections. ...

• China rules out open elections in Hong Kong 31 August 2014 | Neil Connor This post has no comments yet

  China insisted Sunday that candidates for Hong Kong's next leader must be screened in advance, triggering tears and fury in the former British colony where democracy advocates said they would occupy the financial district. ...

• Organisers of huge Hong Kong rally arrested 4 July 2014 This post has no comments yet

  Police on Friday arrested the organisers of Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy rally,, sparking outrage from campaigners for "political suppression". ...

• Hundreds arrested after huge Hong Kong democracy protest 2 July 2014 | Aaron Tam This post has no comments yet

  Hong Kong police arrested more than 500 protesters at a sit-in early Wednesday following a huge pro-democracy rally that mobilised half a million people. ...

• Hong Kong marches for democracy as govt says “doing its utmost” 1 July 2014 | James Pomfret and Grace Li This post has no comments yet

  Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters marched in Hong Kong on Tuesday, in possibly the biggest challenge to Chinese Communist Party rule in more than a decade. ...

• Hong Kong’s democracy ‘referendum’ likely to rile China’s communists 19 June 2014 | James Pomfret and Greg Torode This post has no comments yet

  Hong Kong holds a controversial "referendum" on democracy on Friday, a prelude to an escalating campaign of dissent that could shut down the former British colony's financial district. ...