Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam condemns 'rioters' after latest violent clash
Anti-government protesters who fought police inside a Hong Kong shopping mall were "rioters," Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Monday, as she threw her support behind the city's beleaguered police force following another weekend of clashes. Hong Kong's ongoing political crisis deepened further Sunday as riot ...
Hong Kong chief executive's departure seen as just a matter of time
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam's apologies and explanations about a doomed extradition bill have failed to quell political tension, and her departure is now seen by many in the Chinese-ruled city as merely a matter of time in a drawn-out, long goodbye. On Tuesday, ...
Hong Kong students reject meeting Chief Executive Carrie Lam to discuss recent protests
Hong Kong students refused a meeting with the Chief Executive Carrie Lam, dealing her China-backed government another setback to its efforts to avert further mass protests. Student leaders at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology said they refused an invitation for a closed-door ...
After latest protests, Beijing sends message to Hong Kong: Fall in line or face irrelevance
After a week of turbulence in Hong Kong, Beijing appears to have settled on its message to the city: Continued protests risk throwing away everything that makes it special. A front-page editorial in the Communist Party's flagship newspaper, the People's Daily, blasted the protesters who ...
Hong Kong's Carrie Lam, who vowed to heal divisions, now governs city amid unprecedented turmoil
Carrie Lam vowed to heal divisions when she became Hong Kong's leader, but her tenure has thrust the financial hub into unprecedented turmoil, sparking huge protests that saw parliament ransacked and leaving the city more divided than ever. The 62-year-old devout Catholic took over in ...
Hong Kong on Tuesday began picking up after historic protests left the legislature ransacked, the streets littered with spent tear gas canisters and the city's Beijing-backed leader promising to push back against further unrest. Chief Executive Carrie Lam used a dramatic 4 a.m. news conference ...
Hong Kong protests may give Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen electoral boost
Recent anti-government protests in Hong Kong are echoing in Taiwan, possibly giving the Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen a lift in her campaign to resist Beijing's pressure for political unification and win a second term in next year's elections. The demonstrations sparked by Hong Kong Chief ...
Chinese newspaper calls for 'zero tolerance' following violent Hong Kong protests
A Chinese state paper Tuesday called for "zero tolerance" after protesters in Hong Kong stormed and ransacked the city's legislature following a day of protests against a controversial extradition bill. Tensions over the weeks-long movement against the bill escalated Monday, and Hong Kong police fired ...
Hong Kong protesters breach the inside of parliament building
Anti-government protesters stormed Hong Kong's parliament building late Monday after successfully smashing their way through reinforced glass windows and prizing open metal shutters that were blocking their way. Footage broadcast live on i-Cable News showed dozens of masked protesters, many carrying makeshift shields, swarming into ...
'Sing Hallelujah to the Lord': The unlikely anthem of Hong Kong protests
The Christian hymn "Sing Hallelujah to the Lord" has emerged as the unlikely anthem of Hong Kong's protests against an extradition bill that have drawn millions of people onto the streets. Protests around the world often develop their own soundtrack, usually songs with lyrics of ...
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologizes for extradition bill but says she won't withdraw it
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam personally apologized for backing a bill that would allow extraditions to China for the first time, her latest move to try and defuse protests that have rocked the city. "I personally have to shoulder much of the responsibilities," Lam told ...
Hong Kong's youthful opposition movement is largely leaderless
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. And that adds to its appeal for supporters disaffected from the moneyed elites who run the former British colony, organizers ...
