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Hong Kong

Hundreds return to Hong Kong streets as metro, shops shut after violence

Friday`s protests across the Chinese-ruled city erupted hours after its embattled leader, Carrie Lam, invoked colonial-era emergency powers for the first time in more than 50 years to ban the face masks demonstrators use to hide their identities. The night`s "extreme violence" justified the use of the emergency law, Beijing-backed Lam said in a television address on Saturday.

Oct 05, 2019, 14:11 PM IST

Hong Kong rail services to remain suspended after protestors vandalise MTR stations

Violence gripped Hong Kong on Friday after thousands swept into the streets triggered by government`s decision to invoke a colonial-era law for the first time in over half a century to use it to ban face masks

Oct 05, 2019, 08:14 AM IST

Hong Kong protesters to rally after another night of violence

Demonstrators chanted anti-government slogans in a New Territories shopping mall as pro-China demonstrators sang the Chinese national anthem on Victoria Peak under a sweltering sun.

Sep 29, 2019, 13:16 PM IST

Hong Kong police fire tear gas, water cannon to halt protest as China National Day nears

A series of protests for and against the city`s Communist Party rulers in Beijing is planned ahead of the 70th anniversary of the People`s Republic on Tuesday, including at the consulate of former colonial power Britain.

Sep 28, 2019, 20:59 PM IST

Hong Kong protesters block streets at stadium after leader's 'open dialogue'

Inside the British colonial-era Queen Elizabeth Stadium, residents had earlier chastised Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, accusing her of ignoring the public and exacerbating a crisis that has no end in sight.

Sep 26, 2019, 20:54 PM IST

China's tale of two cities: Beijing, Hong Kong prepare for anniversary

Chinese-controlled Hong Kong is on high alert to stamp out any activities that could embarrass Beijing and draw unwanted attention at a time when Xi will seek to project an image of national strength and unity under Communist Party rule.

Sep 26, 2019, 17:38 PM IST

Hong Kong cleans up after latest violence ahead of October 1 anniversary

Hong Kong Police on Sunday fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the latest clashes in more than three months of unrest that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades.

Sep 23, 2019, 09:56 AM IST

Hong Kong police fire tear gas after storming shopping mall

Hong Kong police fired tear gas on Sunday to break up pro-democracy protesters who trashed fittings at a station and shopping mall, the latest in more than three months of often violent unrest.

Sep 22, 2019, 17:08 PM IST

Hong Kong riot police move to curb airport protest after violent clashes

The Airport Express train, which takes passengers under the harbour and across a series of bridges to the airport, built on reclaimed land around an outlying island, was only allowing passengers to board in downtown Hong Kong, not on the Kowloon peninsula, the Airport Authority said.

Sep 22, 2019, 10:53 AM IST

Pro-Beijing groups tear down Hong Kong's protest walls, raising risk of clashes

"Lennon Walls" of anti-government protest messages were pulled down by groups of China supporters across Hong Kong on Saturday. This has raised a possibility of clashes with those supporting democracy.

Sep 21, 2019, 09:48 AM IST

Hong Kong reopens after violent weekend of clashes and protests

Thousands of anti-government protesters, many clad in black masks, caps and shades to obscure their identity, had raced through the streets, engaged in cat-and-mouse tactics with police, setting street fires and blocking roads in the heart of the former British colony where many key business districts are located.

Sep 16, 2019, 09:44 AM IST

In plea to former colonial power, Hong Kong protesters sing ‘God save the queen’

The Chinese-ruled territory has been rocked by weeks of sometimes violent pro-democracy protests, with demonstrators angry about what they see as creeping interference by Beijing in their city's affairs despite a promise of autonomy.

Sep 15, 2019, 10:25 AM IST

Man travelling to Hong Kong since 2008 on fake passport arrested at Delhi airport

A passenger has been arrested at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for allegedly using a fake passport to travel from Hong Kong to India. The man was nabbed during immigration clearance by stationed officers.

Sep 13, 2019, 12:30 PM IST

Hong Kong protesters hit pause in remembrance of 9/11 attacks

Hong Kong has been rocked by months of sometimes violent unrest, prompted by anger over planned legislation that would have allowed extraditions to China.

Sep 11, 2019, 11:44 AM IST

Football fans boo Chinese national anthem during Hong Kong vs Iran World Cup qualifier

When the Chinese anthem was played out - China has been administrating Hong Kong under the 'one country, two systems' since 1997, people booed from the stands. Many of them also began chanting 'Glory to Hong Kong', a de facto anthem in Hong Kong.

Sep 10, 2019, 19:36 PM IST

Hong Kong leader warns against interference, escalation of violence

"It's extremely inappropriate for foreign parliaments to interfere in HKSAR internal affairs in any way, and (we) will not allow (the United States) to become a stakeholder in HKSAR matters."

Sep 10, 2019, 16:13 PM IST

My town is the new Cold War's Berlin, says Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong

The 22-year-old activist, who was in Berlin for a newspaper-sponsored event at the German parliament celebrating human rights activists around the world, pledged that protests would not be lulled into complacency.

Sep 10, 2019, 08:05 AM IST

China will not tolerate any attempt to separate Hong Kong: Chinese state media

The China Daily newspaper said Sunday's rally in Hong Kong was proof that foreign forces were behind the protests, which began in mid-June.

Sep 09, 2019, 09:49 AM IST

Hong Kong police fire tear gas as clashes erupt after protesters seek help from Donald Trump

Hong Kong police moved on protesters from the Central business district who dispersed to nearby Admiralty, the bar district of Wan Chai and on to Causeway Bay in a now familiar pattern of cat-and-mouse clashes over three months of unrest.

Sep 08, 2019, 20:43 PM IST