Tag: Hong Kong

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 Wednesday, July 2, 2014, following a huge rally to show their support for democratic reform and oppose Beijing's desire to have the final say on candidates for the chief executive's job. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Messy protest shows rising HK fears about China

Kelvin Chan · July 2, 2014 3:36 pm

Tens of thousands of people fill in a street during a march at an annual protest in downtown Hong Kong Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Hong Kong residents marched through the streets of the former British colony to push for greater democracy in a rally fueled by anger over Beijing's recent warning that it holds the ultimate authority over the southern Chinese financial center. The protest comes days after nearly 800,000 residents voted in a mock referendum aimed at bolstering support for full democracy. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Police arrest 511 after big HK democracy rally

Kelvin Chan · July 2, 2014 3:47 am

Huge crowds upset with China expected for HK rally

Kelvin Chan · June 30, 2014 8:26 am

Big turnout in HK democracy vote as Beijing fumes

Kelvin Chan · June 29, 2014 1:50 pm

Hong Kong lawyers march in a Hong Kong street, Friday, June 27, 2014. Hundreds of Hong Kong lawyers dressed in black have marched in silence to protest a recent Beijing policy statement they say undermines the Asian financial hub's rule of law. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Beijing meddling with HK, protesting lawyers say

Kelvin Chan · June 27, 2014 1:45 pm

People vote in a polling station for an unofficial referendum on democratic reform in Hong Kong Sunday, June 22, 2014. More than half a million Hong Kongers have voted in an unofficial referendum on democratic reform in the specially administered Chinese city that Beijing has blasted as illegal. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong irks Beijing with democracy vote

Kelvin Chan · June 22, 2014 3:26 pm

Pro-democracy supporters raise banners that read: "Referendum," during a kickoff ceremony of an referendum on democracy under a plan of Occupy-style protest in Hong Kong, Friday, June 20, 2014. The Occupy Central protest calls for 10,000 people to take over the streets of the financial district sometime in the coming months if the government fails to come up with a satisfactory reform proposal to choose the city's next leader, who is currently picked by a committee of mostly pro-Beijing elites. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

HK in unofficial democracy vote, alarming Beijing

Kelvin Chan · June 20, 2014 11:07 am

American actor Mark Wahlberg speaks on the red carpet as he arrives for the world premiere of the movie "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction" in Hong Kong Thursday, June 19, 2014. The latest installment in the blockbuster series of "Transformers" films is making its world premier not in the usual entertainment hubs of Los Angeles or New York but in the wealthy Chinese metropolis of Hong Kong, the latest sign of Hollywood's increasing focus on China's booming film market. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hollywood stars in HK for ‘Transformers’ premiere

Kelvin Chan · June 19, 2014 1:50 pm

Taiwan scholar turned away on arrival in Hong Kong

Christopher Bodeen · May 30, 2014 2:50 pm

A security guard stands next to confiscated ivory which will be destroyed at a chemical waste treatment center in Hong Kong Thursday, May 15, 2014. Hong Kong has started incinerating its nearly 30-ton stockpile of confiscated ivory to show it's serious about cracking down on an illegal wildlife trade that is devastating Africa's elephant population. Authorities on Thursday destroyed the first batch by burning a metric ton of elephant tusks in a rotary kiln. Destroying the stockpile, which is one of the world's biggest, is expected to take up to two years. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong starts destroying ivory cache

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 9:36 am

HK bankers add to calls for democracy from Beijing

Washington Examiner · April 25, 2014 6:01 am

Last appeal bid rejected in HK ‘Milkshake Murder’

Washington Examiner · April 24, 2014 11:36 am