HONG KONG -- The Canadian Consulate in Hong Kong says it has suspended local staff from travelling outside the city including to mainland China. The move comes after the Chinese government said a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong gears up for fresh protests as activists target airport
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong braced on Friday for further demonstrations and a "stress test" of the city's international airport at the weekend, as nearly three months of anti-government protests ... ( read original story ...)
Trudeau and Pompeo urged to speak with one voice on China’s response to Hong Kong protests
who was born in Toronto but grew up in Hong Kong, said she'll be watching the bilateral meeting closely. "Both (in) Canada and the U.S. there are large amounts of Hong Kongers who are watching the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Charges 2 Men Over Mob Attack on Protesters
HONG KONG — The Hong Kong authorities said on Thursday that they ... He did not explain why the police chose to release the information to state-owned news outlets. Mr. Cheng’s family and his ... ( read original story ...)
‘All the forces’: China’s global social media push over Hong Kong protests
While little news or video footage of the Hong Kong protests made its way into mainland China in the early weeks, the subject now dominates the news and most-read topic lists on China’s Twitter ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: What do young people want?
Earlier in the summer he watched news of the anti-extradition protest from the UK and returned to Hong Kong to join the movement. "If we are not going to do it, no-one is going to do it," he says, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement sparks propaganda ‘battle of the bands’
In the propaganda war between protesters in Hong Kong and the government in Beijing, Tommy Yuen is an unlikely hero. The 39-year-old singer admits he’s something of a ‘has been,’ and almost ... ( read original story ...)
‘I really can’t bear it anymore’: Hong Kong residents considering exodus abroad
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 ...)