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First Hong Kongers appear in court for defying mask ban

Oct 07, 2019 (AFP)

The international finance hub convulsed with three straight days of rallies and riots after the city's pro-Beijing leader invoked colonial-era emergency powers ...

Hong Kong government mulls face mask ban at protests: reports

Oct 04, 2019 (AFP)

Seething public anger against Chinese rule of the semi-autonomous city has exploded into huge demonstrations and increasingly violent confrontations, with no si...

Hong Kong's wealthiest man donates $100m to local businesses

Oct 04, 2019 (AFP)

Li Ka-shing's announcement came shortly before the city's chief executive Carrie Lam announced a law banning face masks in public, the latest move from a govern...

Shot HK protester charged by police, as gov moves to 'ban face masks'

Oct 03, 2019 (AFP)

Tsang Chi-kin, 18, was hit in the chest during clashes on Tuesday, a day which saw some of the worst violence in almost four months of unrest. Police said Tsang...

Hong Kong flash-mob rallies erupt as anger mounts over shot protester

Oct 02, 2019 (AFP)

Large crowds of demonstrators held unsanctioned marches through the commercial centre and then in multiple districts throughout the evening, when police fired b...

Hong Kong protesters embrace 'V for Vendetta' Guy Fawkes masks

Oct 02, 2019 (AFP)

The face coverings, made popular by the comic book and film "V for Vendetta", have been embraced by multiple protest movements in recent years, particularly Ano...

Robots, deliverymen and 'Xi Thought' at China's 70th anniversary

Oct 01, 2019 (AFP)

A huge fireworks show in the evening capped a day of festivities that included a pageant of more than 100,000 civilians and a massive military parade showcasing...

Police shoot Hong Kong protester as China celebrates 70th birthday

Oct 01, 2019 (AFP)

It was the first such shooting in nearly four months of increasingly violent protests and threatened to strip the spotlight from China's carefully choreographed...

Strife-torn Hong Kong braces for China anniversary violence

Sep 30, 2019 (AFP)

The protest-wracked financial hub witnessed its fiercest political violence in weeks Sunday as riot police spent hours in running battles with protesters, the s...

Xi bows to Mao ahead of China's 70th anniversary

Sep 30, 2019 (AFP)

Xi and other top Chinese officials visited Mao's mausoleum -- located in the heart of Beijing in Tiananmen Square -- and bowed three times to the late leader's ...

Missiles and fireworks: China to mark 70 years with a bang

Sep 30, 2019 (AFP)

The secretive Communist Party has made a few details about the event public. Here is what we know: - Xi speech - President Xi Jinping, who is also the general s...

Retro is in as Mao kitsch skips off shelves

Sep 27, 2019 (AFP)

But 70 years after he declared the founding of Communist China, his face and figure are on memorabilia sold in shops and stalls across the country. The instantl...

Five years on, Hong Kong's 'Umbrella' generation has sharp edge

Sep 27, 2019 (AFP)

Then-student Bunny was one of thousands of Hong Kongers who camped out on the streets in a 79-day occupation that had a festival edge of good humour and patienc...

China envoy rules out Hong Kong concessions ahead of crunch 'dialogue'

Sep 25, 2019 (AFP)

Hong Kong has been rocked for more than three months by huge and sometimes violent protests pushing for greater democratic freedoms and police accountability. T...

China then and now: the PRC at 70

Sep 25, 2019 (AFP)

Here are some of the key ways in which the country -- and citizens -- have changed since the PRC was founded on October 1, 1949: City Living Some 70 years ago, ...

One party: How Communists rule in China

Sep 25, 2019 (AFP)

As the People's Republic of China prepares to celebrate its anniversary on Tuesday, here is a look at how the party has evolved over the years. - Turbulent deca...

Amnesty says Hong Kong police using excessive force

Sep 20, 2019 (AFP)

In a report based on interviews with nearly two dozen activists, most of whom were hospitalised after their arrests, the global rights watchdog said the city's ...

Hong Kong's summer of protests leaves economy bruised and battered

Sep 18, 2019 (AFP)

Images beamed around the world of black-clad demonstrators battling police in full riot gear on streets usually lined with shoppers have led travellers to shun ...

China must give Hong Kong leaders room to compromise: former governor

Sep 17, 2019 (AFP)

"In order to have a resolution the Chinese government needs to make it clear that they still believe in the treaty which was signed by Britain," he told AFP, re...

Tear gas, Molotovs and brawls mark 99th day of Hong Kong protests

Sep 15, 2019 (AFP)

Tens of thousands of people defied authorities to march through the city in an unsanctioned rally on Sunday, the latest expression of a popular revolt that has ...