hong kong protests
Hong Kong police pepper-spray protesters in anti-mainland march
Hong Kong police arrested 33 people and fired pepper spray during clashes with demonstrators that disrupted traffic Sunday, as a protest at the rising...
Hong Kong govt cements support for China’s pre-screening of poll candidates
The Hong Kong government on Wednesday cemented its support for China’s plan to pre-screen candidates for the city’s 2017 leadership election,...
Umbrellas banned as China’s Xi visits Macau on 15th anniversary
President Xi Jinping visited a drizzly Macau on Friday and Saturday for the 15th anniversary of the gambling hub’s return to Chinese rule, with onlookers...
Hong Kong police clear last pro-democracy protest site in retail hub
Hong Kong authorities started to clear the last of three pro-democracy protest sites on Monday, marking the end of demonstration camps in the city that...
Hong Kong police to clear last Occupy protest site Monday
Hong Kong police said Saturday they will clear out the last pro-democracy protest site next week, days after the main camp was dismantled with over 200...
HK protest founders prepare to ‘surrender’ amid student leaders’ hunger strike
The original founders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Occupy movement prepared to surrender to police Wednesday in a move they said was to show their...
Hong Kong cops make 80 arrests as pro-democracy barricades are removed
Hong Kong authorities Tuesday tore down barricades at a protest site in Mongkok, the scene of some of the more violent clashes to take place during nearly...
Clashes as Hong Kong protesters attempt parliament break-in
Hong Kong police clashed with pro-democracy demonstrators Wednesday after a small group attempted to break into the city’s legislature, with tensions...
'Umbrella Revolution' activists mark one month on the streets of Hong Kong
A month into the mass pro-democracy protests gripping Hong Kong, the movement is under pressure to keep up momentum—but those on the streets say their...
Hong Kong protestors dig in for the long haul with self-sustaining village
Hong Kong protesters have created a self-sustaining village within a month of taking their call for democracy to the streets, setting up changing rooms,...
Hong Kong protesters and celebs draw attacks, threats from China
China’s media is ratcheting up the rhetoric against Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, saying protesters risk becoming foreign puppets, even...
Hong Kong protesters march after fruitless talks with government
Hong Kong protesters plan to march to the home of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Wednesday to push their case for greater democracy, a day after talks...
Hong Kong protestors set for talks with government as roads remain blocked
Talks between pro-democracy student leaders and the government tonight pose the best chance of a peaceful ending to more than three weeks of demonstrations...
Hong Kong protesters fight police to retake Mongkok camp, over 25 arrested
Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong clashed violently with police Saturday as they reoccupied a protest camp mostly cleared the previous day, leading...
HK police clear protest barricades in surprise raid as students agree to talks
Hundreds of Hong Kong police staged a dawn raid on Friday on one of the key sites occupied by pro-democracy protesters, removing barricades from roads...
Hong Kong police officers ‘viciously attack’ protester as tensions rise
Six Hong Kong police officers have been suspended after a video appearing to show a protester being taken to a dark corner and beaten was aired on a local...
Hong Kong police use chainsaws to remove protesters’ barricades
Hong Kong police have cleared more barricades from pro-democracy protest zones, signalling authorities’ growing impatience with the student-led activists.
Hong Kong students to start talks with government on Friday
Hong Kong protest leaders agreed to hold two rounds of talks with the city’s government, saying the public’s desire for dialogue outweighed...
Hong Kong Chief Executive agrees to meet protesters as deadline passes
Hong Kong chief executive CY Leung has said he will meet with student protest leaders to head off the threat of violence.
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