Category: Hong Kong
US top diplomat says he hopes HK protests remain peacefulBloomberg interview
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday he hoped protests in Hong Kong would remain peaceful and China would show restraint. Asked in an interview with Bloomberg [...]
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HK protesters rally at airport to ‘educate’ visitors
Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters, including flight attendants, held a rally in the airport’s arrival hall on Friday in a bid to “educate” visitors about the [...]
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Protesters calling for ‘free HK’ converge on airport
More than 1,000 protesters calling for democracy and some chanting “free Hong Kong” converged on the Chinese-ruled city’s airport on Friday as Singapore [...]
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HK’s export slump hits three-year low in June 2019 due to US-China trade war and drop in local consumption
Hong Kong’s exports in June plummeted at the fastest rate in more than three years under the shadow of the US-China trade war. June’s overall export figures [...]
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Chinese official urged HK villagers to drive off protesters before violence at train station
A week before suspected triad gang members attacked protesters and commuters at a rural Hong Kong train station last Sunday, an official from China’s representative [...]
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HK police to ban Yuen Long protest march in rare decision over fears of more violence, but organiser slams ‘political move’ and warns show must go on
Hong Kong police have decided to ban a protest march planned for Saturday in the tense northern town of Yuen Long in a rare move fuelled by fears of further violence, [...]
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Will China send in troops to stamp out protests in HK?
It is a prospect dreaded by many in Hong Kong, but debate is growing in mainland China about whether the central government should end weeks of upheaval in the city by [...]
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The Guardian view on violence in HK: an attack on the idea of democracy
Criminals may have launched the bloody assaults on rail passengers, but the incident is more likely to inflame than quell the anger at authorities We are very unlikely to [...]
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Commentary: Will HK call for Beijing’s back-up to quell protests?
Law and order in Hong Kong have come under attack after a dramatic turn of events this week, as masked men in white attacked protesters, says China commentator Tom McGregor. [...]
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Cook caught up in shocking violence near HK MTR station recalls horrific ordeal as 20 people attacked him with sticks and canes as he made his way home from work
A cook caught up in shocking violence in a northern Hong Kong district on Sunday night has recalled the horrendous experience of his journey home. Calvin So, 23, had finished [...]
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HK anti-government protesters are warned of risk of further violence in demonstration this weekend at site of mob attacks
Anti-government protesters planning a mass rally in Hong Kong’s northern town of Yuen Long this weekend to condemn last Sunday’s vicious attacks on train [...]
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‘We saved ourselves’: HK train attack victims describe 30-minute ordeal
Victims describe ‘smell of blood’ in train carriages as China blames ‘black hands’ of US for unrest Victims of an attack by masked men in a Hong Kong [...]
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China says army can help maintain order in HK if requested
Chinese troops stationed in Hong Kong can intervene to maintain public order if necessary, said China’s Defence Ministry on Wednesday (July 24). Ministry spokesperson [...]
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HK protests: China blames ‘black hands’ of US for unrest
Victims of an attack by masked men in a Hong Kong train station on Sunday have accused police of not responding to their calls for help, saying: “We saved [...]
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HK bracing for dip in hotel occupancy amid series of protests over extradition bill, industry leader warns
Hong Kong’s hotel occupancy for this month is expected to go down by 3 to 4 percentage points year-on-year amid the ongoing protests over the now-suspended extradition [...]
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