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Hong Kong leader hopes peaceful rally presages ‘return to calm’

2:40 pm August 20, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday said she hoped “calm” will prevail after a massive weekend march passed without clashes between police and demonstrators, but again refused to give ground to protester demands. Hundreds of thousands of people marched through the heart of the city on Sunday in a show of […]

Hong Kong protesters rally to show ‘peaceful’ credentials after chaos

4:12 pm August 18, 2019

Hong Kong: Tens of thousands of Hong Kong democracy activists gathered Sunday for a major rally to show the city’s leaders their protest movement still attracts wide public support despite mounting violence and increasingly stark warnings from Beijing. Ten weeks of demonstrations have plunged the financial hub into crisis with images of masked black-clad protesters […]

Satellite photos appear to show Chinese APCs near Hong Kong

11:16 pm August 14, 2019

Beijing: Satellite photos show what appear to be armored personnel carriers and other vehicles belonging to the China’s paramilitary People’s Armed Police parked in a sports complex in the city of Shenzhen, in what some have interpreted as a threat from Beijing to use increased force against pro-democracy protesters across the border in Hong Kong. […]

Flights resume at Hong Kong airport as protesters apologize

11:02 pm August 14, 2019

Hong Kong: Flights resumed Wednesday at Hong Kong airport after two days of disruptions that descended into clashes with police, highlighting the hardening positions of pro-democracy protesters and the authorities in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. After nightfall, a new protest outside a police station in the city was dispersed as officers fired tear gas. There […]

Stranded passengers at airport voice support for Hong Kong protesters

6:36 pm August 13, 2019

Hong Kong: Travellers in Hong Kong’s airport voiced support for pro-democracy demonstrators on Tuesday, despite an overnight occupation of the international transit hub that saw tens of thousands of passengers stranded. The airport, one of the busiest in the world, reopened on Tuesday morning but hundreds of flights remained cancelled and several hundred protesters returned […]