Tag: Hong Kong
Hong Kong Passes Sweeping Pro-China Election Rules
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s legislature approved the biggest overhaul of its political system in the quarter century since British rule on Thursday, in...
China Tells Secretary Blinken to Butt Out of Hong Kong
China is firing back at Secretary of State Antony Blinken's comments this weekend on Hong Kong, calling them "foreign interference."
"Hong Kong affairs are purely...
UK opens special visa route for Hong Kong residents to become...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong residents can apply from Sunday for a new visa offering them an opportunity to become British citizens after...
Hong Kong police fire pepper balls at protesters opposed to election...
By: Jessie Pang
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Police fired rounds of pepper balls at protesters in Hong Kong on Sunday as hundreds took to the...
Hong Kong journalists harassed, arrested and lose press freedoms under new...
By RACHEL CHEUNG, DAVID PIERSON
AUG. 15, 20205 AM
HONG KONG — Once known for fierce independence and exposing the misdeeds of the political elite, iCable...
At UN Human Rights Council, 53 countries back China’s draconian Hong...
The U.S. withdrew from the Council in 2018.
Fifty-three countries at the U.N. Human Rights Council, led by Cuba, came out in support of China’s...
Protesters mass in Hong Kong as anthem law is debated
Thousands of protesters shouted pro-democracy slogans and insults at police in Hong Kong on Wednesday as lawmakers debated a bill criminalizing abuse of the...
China set to impose new Hong Kong security law, Trump warns...
James Pomfret, Yew Lun Tian
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - China is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last year’s pro-democracy unrest,...
Hong Kong Steps Up Response To Mystery Disease From China
January 5, 2020 8:00 am
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities activated a newly created “serious response” level as fears spread about a mysterious...
Hong Kong Police Storm University Held By Protesters
November 17, 2019 7:00 pm
Police stormed into a Hong Kong university campus held by protesters early Monday after an all-night siege that included firing...