Activists push U.S. Congress to pass Hong Kong bill to combat rights abuses
Hong Kong democracy activists urged members of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to pass legislation to combat human rights abuses in the city, rejecting any suggestion that such a move would be inappropriate U.S. involvement in another country's affairs. "This is not a plea for ...
'Stand up to Beijing,' Hong Kong singer Denise Ho tells U.S. lawmakers and companies
Hong Kong singer and activist Denise Ho wants U.S. lawmakers and companies to criticize Beijing's actions in Hong Kong to help change the Chinese Communist Party's behavior. Ho said Monday that Beijing was using its power and influence to quash dissent around the world, and ...
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to hold dialogue aimed at easing tensions
Hong Kong's leader, Carrie Lam, said Tuesday she and her team would begin dialogue sessions with the community next week, while reiterating that violence that has roiled the city over three months of protests must end. Lam, who is under pressure from Beijing to defuse ...
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong seeks Trump, U.S. Congress support
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong urged U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday to include a "human rights clause" in any trade agreement with China, and sought Washington's backing for the city's democracy movement. The 22-year-old called on American politicians to pass a bill expressing support ...
China furious as Hong Kong protest leader meets German foreign minister
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has met Germany's foreign minister as he carries abroad his call to support the growing pro-democracy movement in the former British colony, a meeting slammed on Tuesday by China as "disrespectful." Posting a photo of himself and Foreign Minister Heiko ...
U.S. should side with Hong Kong protesters, says ex-Pentagon chief Jim Mattis
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday anti-government protests in Hong Kong were "not an internal" Chinese matter and that the United States should offer at least moral support to the demonstrators. The retired U.S. Marine general, speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event ...
Chinese premier issues first public response by top communist leader to Hong Kong protests
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Friday that Chinese people are able to handle their own issues, in what appeared to be the first public response from a top Chinese leader over Hong Kong's monthslong social unrest. Asked at a news conference about Hong Kong's unending ...
Hong Kong police arrested a Japanese man in his 40s in connection with massive protests in the city Saturday, diplomatic sources said Wednesday. The Japanese Consulate-General in Hong Kong provided assistance to the man, who has already been released on bail, the sources said. It is ...
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announces withdrawal of controversial extradition bill
The city’s leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of an extradition bill that triggered months of unrest and threw the Chinese-ruled city into its worst crisis in decades.
Lithuania criticizes Chinese diplomats for raucous behavior at pro-Hong Kong protest
Lithuania said on Monday it had lodged a protest with the Chinese Embassy after some of its diplomats were involved in disruptions at a pro-Hong Kong protest in the capital of Vilnius last month. Lithuania's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Chinese diplomats acted ...
Amid crisis, China rejected Hong Kong plan to appease protesters: sources
Earlier this summer, Carrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong, submitted a report to Beijing that assessed protesters' five key demands and found that withdrawing a contentious extradition bill could help defuse the mounting political crisis in the territory. The Chinese central government rejected ...
Love, rubber bullets and tear gas: Politics and romance on Hong Kong's barricades
A gas mask lovingly adjusted, a hand squeezed before approaching police lines and a frantic search through swirls of tear gas — Abby and Nick's relationship has blossomed on the barricades during Hong Kong's long summer of protest. Most of the frontline protesters driving the ...
