The tension boiled over this week as protesters swarmed Hong Kong's busy airport and shut it down, two days in a row. So how did it come to this, and where will it go from here? CBS News Asia ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong cuts taxes to shore up economy amid protests
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 unveils $2.4 billion support package as protests add to economic strains
Chinese paramilitary forces conducted exercises across the border from Hong Kong on Thursday, raising fears that Beijing may be preparing to act against mass demonstrations in the Asian financial ... ( 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 ...)
Hong Kong airport protests are a warning that violence is bad for business: Don Pittis
When my partner and I first flew into Hong Kong 30 years ago, the territory's Kai Tak Airport was notoriously ranked as one of the world's most dangerous. The airport was built on a strip of reclaimed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong remains vital economic asset for Beijing, despite unrest
With the mainland’s economic rise, Hong Kong is no longer the undisputed center of business and finance in the region. But it still plays an indispensable role that Beijing will be loath to undermine, ... ( read original story ...)
StanChart eyes $100 billion private bank assets in growth push, to hire bankers
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Standard Chartered (STAN.L) is targeting growing its private banking assets by 50% to about $100 billion in three to five years and hire dozens of bankers in Hong Kong and ... ( read original story ...)
Economist: Hong Kong’s tycoons ‘are the problem’ underlying recent unrest
Hong Kong property prices have risen 300% since 2003. Beijing needs to stop consulting with property "tycoons" and take away their political power, Xie says. As protests continue to roil Hong Kong, a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is changing, but protesters have lost some support: Allan Zeman
Hong Kong is changing because of China but it will thrive after this violence ends according to local property tycoon Allan Zeman. He said “the media has made it look worse than it really is and the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Businesses Take a Side, Uncomfortably
The cracking in the facade of neutrality comes amid mounting damage to the Hong Kong economy and pressure from Beijing for public displays of loyalty. Being forced to take sides is unlikely to end ... ( read original story ...)