Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 22:39:53 +0000
GENEVA – Just like her fellow Hong Kong protesters, pop star Denise Ho is standing up to China. Just like them, she seems to have gotten under Beijing’s skin — this time at an international human rights venue.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 21:30:00 +0000
Superal pulled through in a pressure-packed finish, hitting a clutch birdie on the par-5 No. 7 for a huge three-shot swing to salvage an even-par 71 and foil Chinese-Taipei’s Chun-Wei Wu by three in the girls’ 13-14 division with a 141 total.
Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 01:17:04 +0000
Hong Kong’s political divisions showed no sign of closing as students rebuffed an offer from city leader Carrie Lam to meet and a few thousand mothers rallied in support of young protesters who left a trail of destruction in the legislature’s building at the start of the week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 12:58:04 +0000
One image makes for particularly uncomfortable viewing in Beijing: The British colonial flag draped aloft a podium in the assembly’s chamber.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 05:57:14 +0000
HONG KONG – A Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker is expressing fears that the situation could worsen after police announced the arrests of more than a dozen people following protests earlier this week.
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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: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 14:00:21 +0000
A Hong Kong student group has demanded that the city completely scrap a politically charged extradition bill and agree to investigate police tactics against protesters before a Thursday deadline or face further street demonstrations.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:53:27 +0000
HONG KONG – The largely youth-driven movement of black-clad protesters challenging Hong Kong’s government over an unpopular extradition bill is a coalition operating without a clear leadership structure.
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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: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:23:26 +0000
HONG KONG – Hong Kong citizens marched for hours Sunday in a massive protest that drew a late-in-the-day apology from the city’s top leader for her handling of legislation that has stoked fears of expanding control from Beijing in this former British colony.
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