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Two technicians have been arrested after a Hong Kong escalator suddenly shifted into reverse at high speed, injuring 18 people. Local news reports that one of the shoppers the Mong Kok’s Langham Place complex is in serious condition with a head injury ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police on Monday charged nine organisers of the 2014 pro-democracy demonstrations, just a day after a new Beijing-backed leader was chosen, vowing to unite society. The move provoked anger and disbelief among protesters and heightened ... ( read original story ...)

Police cracked down on Hong Kong democracy activists Monday saying they would be charged over the Umbrella Movement mass protests, a day after a pro-Beijing candidate was chosen as the city's new leader. Carrie Lam was selected as the new chief executive ... ( read original story ...)

A committee dominated by pro-Beijing elites selected Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's former No. 2 official ... the frustrations and to unite our society to move forward," she said at a news conference after the results were announced. Lam said she would not ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- A committee dominated by pro-Beijing elites is casting ballots Sunday to choose Hong Kong's next leader in the first such vote since 2014's huge pro-democracy protests. The election committee's 1,194 members voted at a downtown exhibition ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window Hong Kong is preparing for the election of a new leader. The candidate will be chosen by a committee of mostly pro-Beijing electors, rather than a public vote, which pro-democracy campaigners have been ... ( read original story ...)

A small electoral college began voting for a new Hong Kong leader on Sunday amid accusations that Beijing is meddling and denying the Chinese-ruled financial hub a more populist leader perhaps better suited to defuse political tension. The majority of the ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's next leader will be chosen Sunday by an election committee stacked with pro-Beijing elites who heed the wishes of China's communist leaders rather than the semiautonomous region's voters. The candidates are front-runner Carrie Lam, a career ... ( read original story ...)

A "breathing" Fidel Castro is among several ex-communist leaders gathered in Hong Kong this week -- one of the world's centres of capitalism -- as part of a cheeky exhibition at Art Basel. Lifelike replicas of Mao Zedong, Vladimir Lenin, Kim Il-Sung ... ( read original story ...)

On Sunday, Hong Kong will elect its new chief executive in the first election since the 2014 pro-democracy protests. Yet there’s little mystery as to who will succeed CY Leung, the man who has held the role since 2012. Fifty-nine-year-old Carrie Lam is ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG – Hong Kong is poised to choose a new leader on Sunday when members of a committee dominated by elites favored by Beijing cast their ballots in the first such vote since 2014's huge pro-democracy protests. Here's a look at the electoral system ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong on Sunday will likely select Beijing's favored candidate for its next leader who some say will further divide a city where middle class families have become increasingly disaffected by political tension and economic hardship. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong customs officers seized the Terrex troop carriers as they were being shipped home from military exercises in Taiwan. Singapore's armed forces have maintained long-standing if low key military training facilities in Taiwan, and Beijing officials ... ( read original story ...)

The lawyers told a news conference March 9 of their intention to bring "Snowden's guardian angels" to Canada. Since then, according to Seguin, support for the seven people has increased but Hong Kong officials have also attempted to expedite their ... ( read original story ...)