Hong Kong Stops Trains From China as Virus Spreads
Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday that all rail links to mainland China will be cut starting Friday as fears grow about the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
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Hong Kong Airline Made Passenger Take Pregnancy Test
A Hong Kong airline forced a Japanese woman to take a pregnancy test before allowing her on a flight to a Pacific island popular with mothers seeking U.S. citizenship for their babies.
Read moreCarrie Lam Warns Hong Kong Residents to ‘Stay Loyal’
Hong Kong may be allowed to keep its freedoms beyond their 2047 expiry date, its chief executive Carrie Lam said Thursday, but only if inhabitants remain loyal to Beijing’s vision of how the city should be run.
Read moreChina Bars Human Rights Watch Head From Hong Kong
China on Monday defended barring the head of Human Rights Watch from entering Hong Kong, saying nongovernmental organizations were responsible for political unrest in the city and should “pay the proper price.”
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Hong Kong to Add Mystery Illness to Reportable Diseases
Hong Kong’s health chief said Tuesday that a respiratory illness whose cause remains unknown will be added to an official list of diseases that medical practitioners are required to report to the government.
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Police & Protesters Renew Battles in Hong Kong
Hundreds of thousands of people packed Hong Kong streets for an annual New Year’s Day protest march as the months-long pro-democracy movement extended into 2020 with more violence between police and demonstrators.
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Hong Kong Protesters Weaponize Their Wallets
Hong Kong protesters formed a line, patiently waiting their turn to buy sweet milk and tea drinks from a store that advertised ardent support for their cause with a banner declaring, “If you set off a nuclear blast, we’ll stick by you.”
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Hong Kong Police Make Light of Tear Gas Injuries
Hong Kong’s much-maligned police force has slipped on a banana peel by making light of its liberal use of tear gas during the territory’s protest movement.
Read moreHong Kong Protests
A class action in British Columbia Supreme Court demands more than $142,000 from Access Asia Tours for allegedly refusing to issue refunds for a Hong Kong tour that was canceled because of the protests.
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Massive Rally Marks 6 Month of Hong Kong Protests
Almost hidden among the throngs of demonstrators who marched in Hong Kong on Sunday was one woman who crawled on hands and knees on the rough road surface — an apt metaphor for the arduous path traveled by Hong Kong’s protest movement in the past six months.
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China Tells US to ‘Correct Its Mistakes’ Over Hong Kong
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 Accuses UN Rights Chief of Inflaming Hong Kong Unrest
China 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 moreTrump Signs Bills That Support Hong Kong Protesters
President 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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Hong Kong Tunnel Reopens, Campus Siege Nears End
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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Alibaba Shares Rise 6.6% in Hong Kong IPO
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 Police Siege Ends; City Leader Under Pressure
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 moreProtest Camp Wins by a Landslide in Hong Kong Elections
Hong 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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Police Will Guard Polls in Violence-Wracked Hong Kong
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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Hong Kong Awaits Crucial Weekend Elections
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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China Fights British Charge That It Tortured Diplomat
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.
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