Hundreds of Hong Kong police officers drove protesters from an underpass in the dead of night in the worst violence since the street demonstrations for greater democracy began more than two weeks ago. Officers, many with riot shields and wielding pepper spray, dragged away dozens of protesters, tore down barricades[…]
Hong Kong police trimmed a protest zone that has paralyzed traffic on key roads in the financial district for more than two weeks, removing some barricades used by pro-democracy protesters to allow some traffic through the area on Monday. Police stressed that the dawn operation was not meant to clear[…]
Hong Kong’s government has called off talks with pro-democracy students aimed at ending nearly two weeks of protests and mass sit-ins that have paralysed parts of the city. Chief Secretary Carrie Lam, seen as the government’s second highest official, said that talks scheduled for Friday would not go ahead because[…]
Hong Kong protest leaders have agreed to hold talks with the pro-Beijing government as their numbers dwindled and they faced growing pressure to end their sit-in. As day breaks over the Chinese autonomous region on Tuesday, only a hundred or so protesters have remained at the central business district, significantly[…]
The struggle for greater democracy in Hong Kong has entered a new phase. Students and the government are talking about a political solution. What China actually promised the territory is at stake. “Take a break, for the sake of future room to grow,” veteran protester Bao Tong urged the young[…]
Demonstrators in Hong Kong are still on the streets despite a deadline for them to leave protest sites, although the crowds have noticeably dwindled, allowing civil servants to return to work at government offices. Dozens of workers streamed on Monday morning along a footbridge and into the Central Government Offices[…]
Authorities in Hong Kong have offered to hold talks with pro-democracy protesters who are continuing to occupy central areas of the southern Chinese city, pressing for political reforms. Minutes before a midnight deadline set by the protesters for Hong Kong’s chief executive Leung Chun-ying to resign passed, Leung said he[…]
Protesters in Hong Kong have demanded that the city’s leader meet a deadline to resign on Thursday, as China warned the United States against meddling in its “internal affairs”. Demonstrators, who have shut down central areas of the southern Chinese city for four days, have given chief executive Leung Chun-ying[…]
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters chanted and booed outside a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of Communist China Wednesday, with crowds expected to reach their biggest yet as the city starts a two-day public holiday. Politicians from Hong Kong and the mainland clinked champagne glasses to mark China’s National Day[…]
FEATURE- Tensions between Hong Kong and the rest of China are not just political, as increasing interaction and cultural differences in recent years cause rising friction between locals and mainlanders. When Echo Wanyu Li returned from her studies abroad, she found discrimination in Hong Kong, on the doorstep of her[…]
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