The announcement that Beijing wants to “improve” governance of the financial hub comes as it increasingly encroaches on the territory’s relative freedoms.
China says U.S.’s Pompeo ‘blackmailing’ Hong Kong government
China said on Thursday U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is “blackmailing” the Hong Kong government with the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and that Washington’s recent actions amount to …
Explosive summer of discontent is brewing in Hong Kong
Determined to prevent a repeat of last year’s protests, Beijing is cutting off the city’s avenues of peaceful dissent and raising the specter of more extreme resistance.
AP PHOTOS: Quarantine and a bracelet for Hong Kong returnees
It sits on your wrist, just as a wristwatch would. And in a moment when the world fears infections more than almost anything, it knows exactly where you are. Since …
VIRUS DIARY: In Hong Kong lockdown, watched by a wristband
Countries are experimenting with varying types of surveillance technology to help curb the spread of the coronavirus by enforcing compliance with quarantines and tracing the contacts of those infected …
Pompeo: Activists’ treatment makes Hong Kong autonomy assessment more difficult
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that recent treatment of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong made it more difficult to assess that Hong Kong remains highly autonomous from China …
Patten urges Hong Kong protesters not to ‘lose faith’
Hong Kong’s last British governor, Chris Patten, is urging protesters not to “lose faith” over what he describes as moves by Beijing to tighten its control over the semi-autonomous city …
Hong Kong police officer shoots protester as violence escalates
Four months of protests in Hong Kong reached a dangerous escalation when police targeted anti-government demonstrators with live bullets. A young man was shot at close range and rushed to the hospital …
Hong Kong soldiers issue warning to protesters
Chinese soldiers in Hong Kong issue their first-ever warning to protesters gathered outside their barracks. It marked the first military interaction between the two sides since the anti-government …
Tiananmen June 4 vigil organiser calls for candles to be lit across Hong Kong
Hong Kong people, unable to hold a mass vigil due to coronavirus curbs, should light candles instead to commemorate pro-democracy protesters killed in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 31 years …