China tightened controls over dissidents while pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and elsewhere sought ways to mark the 31st anniversary Thursday of the crushing of the pro-democracy movement ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Marks Tiananmen Crackdown As Anthem Insults And Vigil Banned
Hong Kong marked China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown on Thursday, with candle-light ceremonies planned across the city after authorities banned a mass vigil at a time of seething anger over a planned ... ( read original story ...)
Tiananmen Vigil Organizers Say They Will Defy Hong Kong Police Ban
The event was barred for the first time over coronavirus concerns, but participants fear a move to restrict speech. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s legislature disrupted over national anthem bill
A Hong Kong legislative debate was suspended Thursday afternoon ahead of an expected vote on a contentious national anthem bill after pro-democracy lawmakers staged a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong marks Tiananmen Square massacre, but vigil is banned for first time
Authorities have outlawed the annual commemoration that drew tens of thousands each year, highlighting the rapid loss of political freedoms in the city. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong still a great ‘jumping off’ point into China, even with security law: Executive
Hong Kong still has the "essential framework" of an excellent global business centre, even with new national security legislation coming in from China, says Geoff Hill, chairman of International ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Protest Amid Anthem Bill Debate
A final vote is expected later on Thursday on the bill, which says "all individuals and organisations" should respect and dignify the anthem, playing and singing it on "appropriate occasions". It ... ( read original story ...)
Tiananmen Square anniversary marked by crackdown, Hong Kong vigil ban
China tightened controls over dissidents while pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and elsewhere sought ways to mark the 31st anniversary Thursday of the crushing of the pro-democracy movement ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong legislature passes controversial China national anthem bill
Hong Kong's Legislative Council passed a controversial national anthem bill on Thursday that would make disrespecting China's national anthem a criminal offence, a move critics see as the latest sign ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong marks Tiananmen massacre for what many fear will be the last time
When protests broke out in Beijing and other cities across China in early 1989, many in Hong Kong were exhilarated. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to light candles across the city to mark Tiananmen anniversary
The anniversary strikes an especially sensitive nerve in the semi-autonomous city this year after Beijing's move last month to impose national security legislation in Hong Kong, which critics fear ... ( read original story ...)
For Hong Kong, Tiananmen Looms Over the Future
In early 1989, change seemed unstoppable in Beijing. That it wasn’t, that China would push back with fury, casts a large shadow over Hong Kong today. ( read original story ...)
Trump says not mulling sanctions on China’s Xi over Hong Kong
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not considering placing sanctions on Chinese President Xi Jinping personally over China's push to impose national security legislation in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
British banks back Beijing’s Hong Kong security law
HSBC and Standard Chartered have backed China’s controversial imposition of a national security law on Hong Kong in a move likely to infuriate ministers in London.Peter Wong, HSBC’s senior executive ... ( read original story ...)