Hong Kong is home to a combustible combination of ... rights group Society for Community Organisation. Chick showed Global News an example of a so-called ‘subdivided’ apartment. ( read original story ...)
Soldiering on or fizzling out: 2 possible outcomes of the Hong Kong protests
It's basic human rights. We simply must soldier on," she told CBC News. At a news conference Monday in Hong Kong, other organizers emphasized that the peaceful nature of the rally provides an opening ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s evolving protests: Voices from the front lines
HONG KONG - On a recent sweltering Saturday, a day now reserved for protest in Hong Kong, a demonstrator named Wayne stepped past a row of plastic barricades, lifted a pair of binoculars and squinted. ( read original story ...)
Twitter ran paid ads from China’s state news media criticizing the Hong Kong protests
The posts described the protests as violent and destructive and portrayed Hong Kong citizens as in favor of ending them. ( read original story ...)
Twitter ran paid ads from China’s state news media criticising the Hong Kong protests
The posts describe the protests as violent and destructive, and portray Hong Kong citizens as being in favour of ending them. ( read original story ...)
China lashes out at Taiwan over Hong Kong asylum offer
HONG KONG -- China lashed out at Taiwan on Monday over its offer of political asylum to participants in Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, a day after hundreds of thousands of people marched ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: Huge crowds rally peacefully
Organisers say 1.7 million people turned out at Sunday's pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong, amid increasingly severe warnings by Beijing. Police put the figure much lower at 128,000, counting only ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bakery’s mooncakes carry protest movement slogans
HONG KONG -- A Hong Kong bakery is doing its part to support the city's pro-democracy protest movement by making mooncakes with a message. At Wah Yee Tang, the traditional Chinese harvest festival ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Immigration to Taiwan Surges as Protests Grind On
(Bloomberg) -- As Hong Kong’s unrest continues, some in the city are looking to the less expensive rents, leafy green streets and relative political shelter of neighboring Taiwan as a safe haven. The ... ( read original story ...)
Duelling Hong Kong protests face off outside Chinese consulate in Vancouver
Pro-Hong Kong and pro-Beijing protesters faced off against each other for the second day in a row in Vancouver, a sign of tensions in Hong Kong spilling over into the Chinese diaspora in B.C ... ( read original story ...)
Protesters on both sides of Hong Kong debate square off in Vancouver
Dueling demonstrations over democracy in Hong Kong have caught the attention of the world. In Vancouver, supporters on both sides of the debate faced off on Broadway and Cambie Street Saturday ... ( read original story ...)
Tens of thousands flood Hong Kong park for latest rally
HONG KONG -- Heavy rain fell on tens of thousands of umbrella-toting protesters Sunday as they marched from a packed park and filled a major road in Hong Kong, where mass pro-democracy demonstrations ... ( read original story ...)
‘We have no other choice’: Hundreds of thousands in Hong Kong join anti-government rally
... police were assembling in Shenzhen for exercises in what some saw as a threat to the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. (CBC News) Last week, protesters who occupied the terminal at Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Halifax residents hold duelling protests over political unrest in Hong Kong
was not convinced by arguments that Hong Kong does not seek complete autonomy from China. At the waterfront, he told Global News that the actions of protesters abroad indicate movement towards a ... ( read original story ...)