Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:36:39 +0000
Hong Kong protest leaders opposed to the administration of Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday that they will continue their demonstrations, even after Lam declared the effort to amend a highly contentious extradition bill “dead.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 14:10:41 +0000
The U.S. consul in Hong Kong has condemned violence among government critics but also said all should have the right to express their views peacefully, including foreign residents with longstanding ties to the Asian financial hub.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:24:44 +0000
All but a handful of protesters in Hong Kong have gone home, but the crisis that brought hundreds of thousands into the streets to oppose an extradition bill is far from over.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:42:12 +0000
Faced with huge and disruptive protests in Hong Kong, China blinked.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:55:48 +0000
Beijing reiterated its backing of Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam on Monday after a massive demonstration demanding her resignation over a controversial extradition bill.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:56:09 +0000
HONG KONG – Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam sought to quell public anger Saturday by shelving an unpopular extradition bill that has highlighted apprehension about relations with mainland China, but opponents of the measure said it was not enough.
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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 09:15:03 +0000
Hong Kong’s leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, said she has suspended indefinitely a proposed extradition bill that sparked the city’s biggest public protests in years.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:23:34 +0000
Pressure on Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam was mounting Saturday, with signs emerging that she may delay an unpopular extradition
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 01:41:19 +0000
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam faced calls from both outside and within her government to delay extradition legislation that has spurred massive protests.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:18:30 +0000
HONG KONG – Following a day of sit-ins, tear gas and clashes with police, Hong Kong students and civil rights activists vowed Wednesday to keep protesting a proposed extradition bill that has become a lightning rod for concerns over greater Chinese control and erosion of civil liberties in the former British colony.
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