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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong leaves jail, vows to join protests
Jun 17, 2019 (AFP)
Organisers said some two million people marched in tropical heat on Sunday calling for the resignation of chief executive Carrie Lam, protesting a now abandoned...
Hong Kong braces for huge rally as public anger boils
Jun 16, 2019 (AFP)
Organisers were hoping for another mammoth turnout as they vowed to keep pressure on chief executive Carrie Lam, who paused work on the hugely divisive bill Sat...
Leaderless and livid: The youngsters on Hong Kong front lines
Jun 16, 2019 (AFP)
In a series of interviews with AFP, the young men and women -- most of them university students on leafy campuses -- said they had become disillusioned with mar...
Hong Kong leader apologises as rally chokes city
Jun 16, 2019 (AFP)
The show of force saw vast crowds marching for hours in tropical heat, calling for the resignation of chief executive Carrie Lam, who was forced to suspend the ...
Pressure mounts on Hong Kong leader over extradition plan
Jun 14, 2019 (AFP)
The international finance hub was rocked by the worst political violence since its 1997 handover to China on Wednesday as tens of thousands of protesters were d...
Police face mounting brutality claims after Hong Kong clashes
Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of demonstrators occupying city streets scattered when police used tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and bean bag rounds on Wednesday. Po...
Pressure grows on Hong Kong over extradition bill
Jun 13, 2019 (AFP)
Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to break up crowds Wednesday after demonstrators -- angry over legislation they say would leave people vulnerable to Chi...
Years of dashed hopes fuel Hong Kong protest rage
Jun 12, 2019 (AFP)
Four years ago huge pro-democracy "Umbrella Movement" protests brought parts of the city to a standstill for months, but that campaign eventually fizzled withou...
Trump hopes Hong Kong protesters 'work it out' with China
Jun 12, 2019 (AFP)
"I hope they're going to be able to work it out with China," Trump told reporters at the White House, as Hong Kong was rocked by the worst political violence si...
China snubbed Trudeau request for talks about detained Canadians
Jun 12, 2019 (AFP)
Trudeau requested the call in January with Premier Li Keqiang so he could "personally advocate" for the immediate release of two Canadians detained a month earl...
Hong Kong businesses pledge closures as extradition anger builds
Jun 11, 2019 (AFP)
The financial hub was rocked by a huge protest march over the weekend -- the largest since the city's 1997 return to China -- as vast crowds called on authoriti...
New Zealand quashes China extradition over torture fears
Jun 11, 2019 (AFP)
The Court of Appeal quashed a ministerial decision to extradite Kyung Kim to China, saying to do so when there was a risk he would be tortured breached New Zeal...
Children of Chinese elite walk red line to 'perfection'
Jun 11, 2019 (AFP)
The 10-year-old's mother hopes the exercise will help make Danielle "a little lady" and allow her to shine among the offspring of China's ultra-competitive elit...
China backs Hong Kong extradition law, opposes 'foreign interference'
Jun 10, 2019 (AFP)
Organisers said more than a million people marched against the law, bringing central Hong Kong to a standstill at the weekend as the semi-autonomous city's pro-...
Hong Kong leader refuses to scrap extradition bill despite rally
Jun 10, 2019 (AFP)
Striking a defiant tone after the city's largest protest since the 1997 handover, chief executive Carrie Lam said the legislature would debate the bill on Wedne...
Violence mars end of huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition
Jun 09, 2019 (AFP)
Organisers said more than a million people took part in the Sunday march -- the largest protest since Hong Kong's 1997 handover to China -- confronting the city...
Chinese cartoonist slams Twitter for refusing Tiananmen emoji
Jun 06, 2019 (AFP)
This is the second time the social media giant has come under fire in the last week over its handling of China-related content, after it apologised for mistaken...
Scientist looks to resurrect Hong Kong's 'Pearl of the Orient' past
Jun 06, 2019 (AFP)
"The species was once abundant in Hong Kong," the 58-year-old lamented. "We have a history of pearl fishing of over one thousand years... but because of overfis...
Hong Kong remembers Tiananmen, fearful for its own future
Jun 04, 2019 (AFP)
The eye-catching spectacle -- in which tens of thousands of Hong Kongers clutch candles, sing songs and listen to emotional speeches -- is the only place in Chi...
Silence, US tensions mark Tiananmen 30th anniversary in China
Jun 04, 2019 (AFP)
Police checked the identification cards of every tourist and commuter leaving the subway near Tiananmen Square, the site of the pro-democracy protests that were...
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