Hong Kong votes in test of China's influence over regional financial hub
Hong Kong began voting Sunday in a legislative election that will test the appeal of a new wave of anti-China activists and set the stage for future political fights over Beijing's control over the city. The Legislative Council election is the first since police clashes ...
Hong Kong toes China line with reform package, stoking talks of more protests
The Hong Kong government published a long-awaited electoral blueprint for selecting the city's next leader on Wednesday, a plan enshrining China's desire for a tightly controlled poll that has angered activists and stoked talk of fresh protests. The government proposal follows huge pro-democracy demonstrations last ...
Hong Kong's leader urges critical flock to behave like sheep
Hong Kong's unpopular Beijing-backed leader on Wednesday called on residents of the southern Chinese city, rocked last year by months of prodemocracy protests, to be more like "mild and gentle" sheep. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying made the appeal in his Lunar New Year message to ...
Hong Kong leader warns democracy activists of 'anarchy' in first address since protests
Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying warned pro-democracy demonstrators on Wednesday that they risked bringing "anarchy" to the financial hub, as he sought to bolster his support in his first policy address since protests rocked the city last year. The annual policy blueprint has been a ...
A pro-democracy protest that has blocked main roads in Hong Kong for almost two weeks could drag on for days yet, after talks aimed at resolving a bitter standoff between the city's government and student demonstrators collapsed Thursday. The government called off the talks hours ...
Hong Kong's Tiananmen moment challenging leadership in Beijing
Hong Kong's leaders have failed to let Beijing understand that, almost without exception, the leading Hong Kong politicians are good Chinese patriots.
A fifth of Hong Kong's population is living in poverty, underscoring the challenge Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying faces in seeking to narrow a record wealth gap. About 1.3 million people, or 19.6 percent of the population, were below the poverty line last year, according to ...
The failure of Hong Kong's hollow leadership
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has himself to blame for his popularity plunge as he evades responsibility for major government failings.
