China said Monday it will suspend U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong and sanction several U.S. pro-democracy organizations in retaliation for U.S. congressional of legislation supporting human rights in the semi-autonomous territory.
Read moreChina accused the U.N. high commissioner for human rights of emboldening “radical violence” in Hong Kong by suggesting the city’s leader conduct an investigation into reports of excessive use of force by police.
Read morePresident Trump signed two bills Wednesday meant to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong and human rights, in spite of suggesting last week that he may veto the legislation.
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A major tunnel in Hong Kong reopened Wednesday morning and a weeklong police siege of a nearby university appeared to be winding down, closing a violent chapter in the city’s long-running anti-government protests.
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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s shares jumped 6.6% in their debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Tuesday, an auspicious start as the former British colony is reeling from political unrest.
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Monday she would “seriously reflect” on the landslide victory by pro-democracy candidates in the Sunday elections that were a clear rebuke of how she has handled protests, and the police siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University appears to be over, as only one woman was found in a campus search Tuesday.
Read moreHong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition won a landslide victory in Sunday elections in a stunning rebuke to city leader Carrie Lam over her handling of violent protests that have divided the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
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Hong Kong’s new police commissioner Tang Ping-Keung said Friday that officers will deal with any outbreak of violence immediately, without hesitation, during Sunday’s local elections.
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More than 20 protesters inside a Hong Kong university campus surrendered to police Thursday as the city’s largest pro-Beijing political party urged voters to “kick out the black force” in this weekend’s elections seen as a key gauge of public support for anti-government demonstrations.
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Chinese police on Thursday published a video purporting to show a former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong confessing to soliciting prostitutes, after Britain backed his allegation that he was tortured over pro-democracy protests.
Read moreA former employee of the British Consulate in Hong Kong says he was detained and tortured by Chinese secret police trying to extract information about massive anti-government protests in the territory.
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Pale and thin, a teenager wandered the nearly deserted campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University at 1 a.m. Wednesday. He hugged his body with his arms, whether because of the chill in the air or gnawing worry.
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About 100 anti-government protesters remained holed up at a Hong Kong university Tuesday, unsure what to do next as food supplies dwindled and a police siege of the campus entered its third day.
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Hong Kong police shot tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters Monday as they tried to break through a police cordon that is trapping hundreds of them on a university campus.
Read moreMany of the protesters who had barricaded themselves in a Hong Kong university this week began to leave Friday after partially clearing a road they had blocked and demanding that the government commit to local elections on Nov. 24.
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Hong Kong police warned protesters on Thursday that they were moving “one step closer to terrorism” by sinking the city into chaos, as riot squads skirmished with students at major universities.
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University students from mainland China are fleeing Hong Kong, and classes in primary and secondary schools have been suspended as clashes turn increasingly violent in the city’s 5-month-long anti-government unrest.
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Police and protesters battled outside university campuses and several thousand demonstrators blocked roads as they took over a central business district at lunchtime Tuesday in another day of protests in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong’s leader pledged Monday to “spare no effort” to bring an end to anti-government protests that have wracked the city for more than five months, after a day of violence in which police shot a man and another was set on fire.
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A Hong Kong university student who fell off a parking garage after police fired tear gas during clashes with anti-government protesters died Friday after five months of unrest, fueling more outrage against authorities in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
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