Tag Archives: Hong Kong

  • Hong Kong to end year with multiple protests, kick off 2020 with big march 30 December 2019 | Clare Jim This post has one comment

    Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day aimed at disrupting festivities and shopping in the Asian financial hub, which has seen a rise in clashes between police and protesters. ...

  • Protesters rally near Hong Kong harbour, more demos planned over Christmas 23 December 2019 | Mari Saito This post has no comments yet

    More than 1,000 protesters, many in surgical masks and balaclavas, filled a harbourside plaza near Hong Kong’s financial district late on Monday to demand full democracy and an independent inquiry into alleged police brutality. ...

  • Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters return to the streets 1 December 2019 | Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi This post has one comment

    Police fired tear gas and pepper spray in Hong Kong on Sunday as tens of thousands of black-clad protesters flooded into the streets, a week after pro-democracy candidates scored a landslide local election victory. ...

  • Record turnout in Hong Kong elections amid calls for full democracy 24 November 2019 | Yan Zhao and Xinqi su This post has no comments yet

    Hong Kong's voters turned out in record numbers Sunday for local council elections that the city's pro-democracy movement hopes will pile pressure on the Beijing-backed government to heed their demands after months of protest. ...

  • Furious China vows to ‘fight back’ after Congress backs HK democracy 21 November 2019 | Jacques Clement and Sean Chang This post has no comments yet

    China on Thursday accused the US of seeking to "destroy" Hong Kong and threatened retaliation after Congress passed new legislation supporting the pro-democracy movement that has thrown the city into nearly six months of turmoil. ...

  • US Senate passes Hong Kong rights bill, angering China 20 November 2019 This post has no comments yet

    The US Senate unanimously adopted legislation Tuesday supporting "human rights and democracy" in Hong Kong and threatening to revoke its special economic status, angering China which promptly summoned a US diplomat. ...

  • Chinese soldiers help clean up Hong Kong streets, but violence flares again 16 November 2019 | James Pomfret and Sarah Wu This post has 2 comments

    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. ...