Accountants in Hong Kong marched Friday in support of the pro-democracy movement, and the Canadian Consulate banned its staff from leaving the city on official business after a British Consulate employee was arrested in mainland China.
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Twitter said Monday it has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were part of a Chinese government influence campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong Kong.
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China lashed out at Taiwan on Monday for its offer of political asylum to participants in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protest movement, a day after hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully in the latest massive demonstration in the Chinese territory.
Read moreHong Kong streets were turned into rivers of umbrellas on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of people marched through heavy rain down a major road in the Chinese territory, where massive pro-democracy demonstrations have become a regular weekend activity. Organizers said at least 1.7 million participated, though the police estimate was far lower.
Read morePro-democracy protesters marched on one side of Hong Kong’s famous harbor on Saturday to demand the government heed their demands. Across the water, a pro-government rally called for an end to the often violent protests.
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China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom said Thursday that Beijing will not “sit on its hands” if the situation in Hong Kong continues to deteriorate after more than two months of near-daily street protests.
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Flight operations resumed at Hong Kong’s airport Wednesday morning after two days of disruptions marked by outbursts of violence highlighting the hardening positions of pro-democracy protesters and the authorities in the Chinese city that’s a major international travel hub.
Read moreStock markets retreated Tuesday as tensions in Hong Kong, economic crisis in Argentina, uncertainty over U.S.-China trade talks and fears of a global slowdown combined into a menacing cocktail of worries.
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Protesters crippled operations at Hong Kong’s international airport for a second day Tuesday, forcing authorities to cancel all remaining flights out of the city after demonstrators took over the terminals in their push for democratic reforms.
Read moreHong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam on Friday warned that two months of pro-democracy demonstrations were causing economic chaos in the city, but ruled out making concessions to “silence the violent protesters.”
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China warned Tuesday that it will be “only a matter of time” before it punishes those behind two months of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong that have increasingly devolved into violent clashes with law enforcement.
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Protesters filled public parks and squares in several Hong Kong districts on Monday in a general strike staged on a weekday to draw more attention to their demands, including that the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s leader resign.
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Charges were read Wednesday against more than 20 Hong Kong protesters who have been accused of rioting — the most serious charge brought since mass demonstrations began in the city last month.
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China on Monday harshly criticized a weekend demonstration in which eggs were thrown at its office in Hong Kong, accusing the demonstrators of violence, without mentioning a violent police attack against protesters and civilians on the same night.
Read moreHong Kong’s protest movement took a violent turn on Sunday, as police launched tear gas at protesters after a massive march continued late into the evening, and subway riders were attacked by masked assailants who apparently were targeting pro-democracy demonstrators.
Read moreTens of thousands of people marched in Hong Kong on Sunday, many wearing black shirts and some carrying British colonial-era flags, targeting a mainland Chinese audience as the month-old protest movement showed no signs of abating.
Read moreChina’s government strongly backed Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s embattled administration Tuesday, saying the occupation and vandalizing of the city’s legislature by pro-democracy protesters amounted to “serious illegal acts” that endangered the social order.
Read moreProtesters smashed out the bottom of a floor-to-ceiling window at Hong Kong’s legislature Monday as a crowd of thousands marched through the city demanding democracy on the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony’s return to China.
Read moreSeveral hundred protesters, mainly students, gathered Friday outside Hong Kong government offices, some blocking traffic on a major thoroughfare and others occupying the lobby of a government tax office.
Read moreHong Kong’s embattled leader apologized Tuesday for an unpopular extradition bill that drew massive protests and indicated it will not be revived during the current legislative session.
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