Tag: Hong Kong

Wrapped in plastic to shield from pepper spray, a student protester stands behind a makeshift barrier blocking main streets in the central business district of Hong Kong, late Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Pro-democracy protesters expanded their rallies throughout Hong Kong on Monday, defying calls to disperse in a major pushback against Beijing's decision to limit democratic reforms in the Asian financial hub. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong protesters set deadline for government

Louise Watt · September 30, 2014 2:05 am

Student protesters stand behind barricades used to occupy the streets surrounding the government headquarters in Hong Kong, China, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. Riot police in Hong Kong on Saturday arrested scores of students who stormed the government headquarters compound during a night of scuffles to protest China's refusal to allow genuine democratic reforms in the semiautonomous city. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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HK activists start bigger protest amid standoff

JOANNA CHIUKELVIN CHAN · September 28, 2014 3:51 am

One China, One System

Ellen Bork · September 15, 2014 4:00 am

Protesters wave their mobile phones during a rally, after China's legislature has ruled out open nominations in elections for Hong Kong's leader in Hong Kong, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. China's legislature's standing committee announced Sunday that all candidates must receive more than half of votes from a special nominating body before going before voters. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

China: No open nominations for Hong Kong leader

JACK CHANGKELVIN CHAN · August 31, 2014 3:27 pm

In this July 2, 2014 photo, protesters are taken away by police officers after hundreds of protesters staged a peaceful sit-ins overnight on a street in the financial district in Hong Kong. Hong Kongâs simmering summer of discontent gets even hotter on Sunday when Beijing decides on electoral reforms for the Chinese-controlled financial hub that are likely to step up chances of a showdown with democracy groups. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Democracy battle: Beijing set to dismay Hong Kong

Kelvin Chan · August 29, 2014 7:30 am

In this June 23, 2009, file photo, media magnate Jimmy Lai appears in court in Hong Kong after a Chinese man was convicted in Hong Kong for allegedly planning to shoot two prominent pro-democracy figures, Lai and veteran politician Martin Lee.

HK graft cops raid pro-democracy media boss’s home

Kelvin Chan · August 28, 2014 11:38 am

Participants hold a Chinese national flag and a Hong Kong flag as tens of thousands of people march on a down town street to oppose a planned civil disobedience campaign by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. The rally was organized by a pro-Beijing group. Many carried banners or shouted slogans saying they were opposed to the Occupy Central pro-democracy movement. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Tens of thousands stage Hong Kong pro-gov’t rally

Washington Examiner · August 17, 2014 3:57 pm

A copy of a full-page obituary announcement in Thursday's Oriental Daily is displayed in Hong Kong Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. The notice says Hong Kong pro-democracy media magnate Lai Chee-ying died at 65 from AIDS and multiple cancers. It referred to Lai by his Chinese name but used a different written character for Chee that sounds the same. Next Media boss Jimmy Lai, who owns Apple Daily, Hong Kong's sole pro-democracy newspaper, appeared in a humorous video to counter the obituary of him published in the rival newspaper. Lai says in the video he is "sorry to disappoint" whoever paid for the full-page announcement in the Oriental Daily. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

HK news boss counters rival’s fake obit with video

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 1:51 pm

FILE - In this March 22, 2009 file photo, Albert Yeung, left, chairman of the Hong Kong media conglomerate Emperor Entertainment Group and his wife attend the premiere of his film " Shinjuku Incident " as part of the kickoff for The 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival in Hong Kong. A court has ruled that the Hong Kong tycoon can sue Google over its autocomplete results suggesting he has links to organized crime. In a judgment released Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, the court dismissed the Internet search giant's objections to tycoon Albert Yeung's defamation lawsuit.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

HK court: Tycoon can sue Google over autocomplete

Kelvin Chan · August 6, 2014 11:06 am

An "Out of Stock" sticker is displayed on a menu picture of chicken nuggets at a McDonald's store in Hong Kong Friday, July 25, 2014. McDonald's restaurants in Hong Kong have taken chicken nuggets and chicken filet burgers off the menu after a U.S.-owned supplier in mainland China was accused of selling expired meat. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

McNuggets pulled from sale in HK after meat scare

Kelvin Chan · July 25, 2014 10:19 am

Free Elections for Hong Kong

Ellen Bork · July 21, 2014 4:00 am

Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, wearing a red T-shirt in center, is stopped by security guards as he throws a plastic hammer towards Hong Kong Chief Secretary Carrie Lam, third from right, during a meeting on proposing electoral reforms at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The chief executive has submitted a report to the National People's Congress Standing Committee on political reform, saying that the majority of Hong Kong people are eager to have universal suffrage in the chief executive election in 2017. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong asks Beijing for greater democracy

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2014 10:44 am