Chan said at a news conference. He said the government will increase payments for elderly and low-income residents and provide subsidies to small businesses and parents of schoolchildren. The package ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police: not aware of any military plans by China
Liu Xiaoming said extremists masquerading as pro-democracy activists are dragging Hong Kong "down a dangerous road." He told a news conference in London that if unrest becomes "uncontrollable . the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Umbrella Movement leader released on bail
HONG KONG — A top opposition leader imprisoned on public disorder ... restricting access to the facilities to those with travel documents, Tse said at a daily news briefing. While acknowledging some ... ( read original story ...)
Freeland urges Canadians to heed Ottawa’s warnings before heading to Hong Kong
“Our government is very aware that there are 300,000 Canadians in Hong Kong,” Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland told a news conference Wednesday in Toronto, where she met with German ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: Trump suggests ‘personal meeting’ with Chinese president
A repeat of the military crackdown on the 1989 student-led protests in China would be a "big mistake", he told news outlet Voice of America. China's ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, said on ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese paramilitary forces seen exercising across border from Hong Kong
... police were assembling in Shenzhen for exercises in what some saw as a threat to the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. (CBC News) Worst-case scenarios, he said, could involve the ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Hong Kong office condemns airport clashes as ‘near-terrorist acts’
... police were assembling in Shenzhen for exercises in what some saw as a threat to the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. (CBC News) Chinese state media on Wednesday called on Beijing to deal ... ( read original story ...)
Flights resume at Hong Kong airport as protesters apologize
HONG KONG -- Flights resumed Wednesday at Hong Kong's airport after two days of disruptions that descended into clashes with police, highlighting the hardening positions of pro-democracy protesters ... ( read original story ...)
Canada warns about travel to Hong Kong, agrees with calls for peace
"This is a turbulent moment in the world," Freeland told a news conference in Toronto, where she met with German's foreign minister Heiko Maas. "I would urge all Canadians, if you live in Hong Kong, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Airport Chaos Is Good News for Nearby Mainland Rivals
(Bloomberg) -- The closing of Hong Kong’s international airport on Monday has been good news for shareholders of airports just over the mainland border. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Co. rose ... ( read original story ...)
News today: Hong Kong protest, Skyfall missile, Miley Cyrus
Here's what you might have missed Tuesday on CNN: -- Chaos erupted at Hong Kong's international airport as riot police clashed with protesters who continued to block security gates at one of the world ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest 5 people in wake of airport protests
a Canadian resident of Hong Kong, told CBC News. "We're not sure whether we can still trust the police when we are walking down the street. "I think the biggest concern right now is we're not too ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong airport slowly reopens as paramilitary police assemble across border
to help Hong Kong to move on." Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam said at a news conference that dialogue would only begin when the violence stopped. (Thomas Peter/Reuters) She did not elaborate ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is still protesting: What is going on and what has changed
Hong Kong, as an Asian financial hub and tourist ... However, police said at a news conference that some protesters had moved to the departure area and caused disruptions. Many had left the ... ( read original story ...)