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Event cancellations mount in protest-wracked Hong Kong

Sep 13, 2019 (AFP)

Organisers of the WTA Hong Kong Open women's tennis tournament said they were postponing next month's competition because of the "present situation" after month...

Aussie PM defends Chinese-Australian ally over communist party ties

Sep 12, 2019 (AFP)

Gladys Liu, the first Chinese-Australian woman elected to the country's parliament, has been accused of being a member of organisations linked to China's ruling...

Hong Kong students protest; Lam tells US to stay out

Sep 10, 2019 (AFP)

Tam, 16, was outside his school in Hong Kong's Yau Ma Tei district earlier this week where he and dozens of other classmates linked hands in what has become a d...

Hong Kong leader tells US not to 'interfere' after fresh protests

Sep 10, 2019 (AFP)

Millions of people have demonstrated over the last 14 weeks in the biggest challenge to China's rule of the financial hub since its handover from Britain in 199...

Security squeeze in China's capital ahead of communist celebration

Sep 06, 2019 (AFP)

Beijing has been preparing for the big celebration well ahead of the October 1 event, with several large screens installed at Tiananmen Square, where tanks and ...

Coffee and quacks served up at Chengdu duck cafe

Sep 06, 2019 (AFP)

"Hey! We go", a business in the centre of the southwestern city of Chengdu, is proving perfect fodder for the social media-savvy generation. The four call ducks...

Hong Kong leader calls for dialogue after protesters reject concession

Sep 05, 2019 (AFP)

Carrie Lam, the city's pro-Beijing chief executive, surprised many on Wednesday when after three months of rallies she suddenly announced she was scrapping a hu...

Trudeau says China uses detentions as political tool, China scolds back over 'mistakes'

Sep 05, 2019 (AFP)

Western allies, he said, have expressed concerns about the tactic that observers described as "hostage diplomacy." Canada's relations with China soured after it...

Putin promises infrastructure investment in Mongolia

Sep 04, 2019 (AFP)

Mongolia sits in a strategically important place between Russia and China, and its economy has been growing largely from mineral exports to its giant neighbour ...

Hong Kong leader to withdraw loathed extradition bill: reports

Sep 04, 2019 (AFP)

Carrie Lam, the city's unelected chief executive, is expected the make the announcement Wednesday afternoon, the South China Morning Post and the HK01 news webs...

Canada taps ambassador, looking to restart China talks

Sep 04, 2019 (AFP)

Ugandan-born, Oxford-educated Dominic Barton, 56, helped shape the economic policies of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government and is said to be well-known ...

Hong Kong leader says will withdraw extradition bill: lawmaker

Sep 04, 2019 (AFP)

Carrie Lam, the city's chief executive, told a group of pro-Beijing lawmakers on Wednesday afternoon that she would withdraw the legislation, Felix Chung said. ...

Hong Kong leader shelves loathed extradition law

Sep 04, 2019 (AFP)

Millions of people have taken to Hong Kong's streets since June in the biggest challenge to China's rule of semi-autonomous Hong Kong since its handover from th...

Beijing's Hong Kong dilemma: 'Play long' or send troops?

Sep 03, 2019 (AFP)

The protesters have shown no sign of backing down despite increasingly violent confrontations in which Hong Kong's police have used water cannon, tear gas and r...

Hong Kong director says protests could suddenly calm

Sep 02, 2019 (AFP)

Veteran director Yonfan hailed Hong Kongers' deeply engrained democratic spirit as he premiered his new love story, "No. 7 Cherry Lane", at the Venice film fest...

Scorned in China, the Hong Kong singer who chose politics over career

Sep 02, 2019 (AFP)

The short-haired 42-year-old is a rare and instantly recognisable face among the masked crowds at this summer's huge rallies. She marches with the masses, gives...

Hong Kong police round up activists ahead of rally

Aug 30, 2019 (AFP)

Hong Kong has been locked in a three months of political crisis, with increasingly violent clashes between police and protesters that have prompted an escalatin...

Love in a time of tear gas: politics and romance on Hong Kong's barricades

Aug 30, 2019 (AFP)

Most of the frontline protesters driving the months-long pro-democracy demonstrations are students -- so-called "braves" facing pepper spray, rubber bullets and...

Cathay warns staff face sack if they join Hong Kong strike

Aug 30, 2019 (AFP)

Hong Kong's flagship carrier, which has 27,000 staff in the city, has been accused of bowing to political pressure from China, whose aviation regulator has bann...

China's Communist Party elite to meet in October

Aug 30, 2019 (AFP)

The plenum of the party's Central Committee is a closed-door meeting where the country's roadmap for the coming year is discussed. The October meeting will "stu...