Beginning of the End in Hong Kong
Tuesday morning saw the beginning of the end of the pro-democracy protests that have wracked Hong Kong for nearly two months. Armed with a court order to clear part of the main protest site in the citys Admiralty district, bailiffs dismantled and.
Hong Kong Protesters Consider Options After China Visit Blocked
16 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong student pro-democracy protesters are considering their options after they were blocked from flying to Beijing to meet with Chinese leaders to press for open elections for the chief executive in 2017. Three members of the.
How George Orwell got it right
The bronze Orwell will look down on the comings and goings of BBC staff who, returning his gaze, can read some chiselled wisdom from his works on the wall behind him. The Financial Times recently called. Type #Orwellian into the search box on.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists threaten to step up.
Leaders of pro-democracy protests deliver ultimatum to chief executive Leung Chun-ying after hardline response.. Protesters relax on the streets outside the Hong Kong Government Complex. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images. Tania Branigan in Hong. in Hong Kong. Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Whether Occupy... It is possible that the demonstrations will end on Wednesday and peace will return. A small gesture by the central��.
Hong Kong government due to hold first talks with protesters.
. will be achieved as numbers fall. Hong Kong protests. People return to work as the number of pro-democracy protesters blockading central Hong Kong falls. Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA. Tania Branigan in Hong Kong. Monday 6 October 2014 13.37 EDT.. ���They need some strategy where they can withdraw the crowds so they can say to the government that if they are not sincere they will mobilize crowds back on the streets.��� Publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, a keen��.
Hong Kong: As Friday Night Nears, Pro-Democracy Groups.
HONG KONG ��� A pro-democracy protest that has blocked main roads in Hong Kong for almost two weeks could drag on for days yet, after talks aimed at resolving a bitter standoff between the citys government and student. But student leaders remained defiant, calling on supporters to return to the streets in droves for a large rally on Friday, and joining forces with pro-democracy lawmakers who promised to block legislation in the citys Legislative Council. Despite��.
Schoolboy May Lose Parents as Repercussions Dawn in Hong Kong
(Bloomberg) -- Pro-democracy protesters cleared from Hong Kong streets last week are bracing for repercussions. Besides the risk of arrest and jail time, some may be barred from entering China, others to defer studies, and one 14-year-old faces a.
Chinas response to Hong Kongs protests is short-sighted.
Student protesters fortify barricades to block main streets in the central business district of Hong Kong late Monday. Pro-democracy protesters expanded their rallies, defying calls to disperse in a pushback against Beijings��.
Hong Kong Protesters Call for More Rallies Before Talks
Hong Kongs pro-democracy protest leaders called for people to rally on the streets tomorrow ahead of the first formal talks with the government, as they sought to bolster thinning crowds. The government needs to give a ���concrete response��� or there.
As Deadline Passes, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protesters.
It appears the governments wait-em-out tactic is working (optically) as The WSJ reports, angry crowds (of pro-government gangs) descended on pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong on Friday, causing clashes and threatening. TODAY *H.K. HOSPITALS HANDLE CUMULATIVE 131 INJURIES SINCE SUNDAY () Occupy Central co-founder Benny Tai urged the pro-democracy crowds in Mong Kok to leave the site immediately and to return to the Admiralty district.
Xi Supports Hong Kong Democracy Within Law, Leung Says
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Hong Kongs leader the nation supports the citys democratic development ���within the law,��� Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said, as pro-democracy demonstrations entered a seventh week.. Xi reiterated the nation.
Hong Kong protesters stand ground ahead of Chinese.
Huge crowds subside but pro-democracy campaigners continue to hold key Hong Kong streets, preparing supplies and barricades ahead of renewed protests expected on Wednesday for Chinas national day holiday.. Ill be wrapping up our live blog now, but expect another to begin soon as the heat in Hong Kong cools and protesters who left to sleep or work return to the streets. Heres where we leave things: Thousands of pro-democracy protesters remain in the��.
Hong Kong Police Use Batons, Water Hoses on Demonstrators
1 (Bloomberg) -- Police used batons, pepper spray and water hoses to beat back attempts by pro-democracy protesters to expand their hold on a swathe of central Hong Kong, with the citys leader warning that tolerance for the two-month protest was.
Pro-democracy activists protest in Hong Kong - Twitchy
Hong Kong streets are still a river of protesters 7 hours after start of pro-democracy march. http://t.co/XcXXaJXnGz. ���. Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong put the Communist Party in Beijing on notice. Their march��.
Hong Kongs Pro-Democracy Demonstrators Return to Streets
(Bloomberg) -- Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators marched in Hong Kong Sunday in the first major protests since the December end of an almost three-month occupation against Chinas plan to influence elections in the city. Carrying yellow .
Hong Kong Protests: ���If we have mass social chaos thats.
Demonstrators and police officers stand off at the intersections of Nathan Road and Dundas Street in the Mong Kok area of Hong Kong, China, on Oct. 22, 2014. Photographer: Brent. Late-Night Photos. Ahead of the move, Hong Kong was bracing for more violence as sporadic clashes erupted between pro-democracy protesters and those opposed to their occupation of some of the citys busiest shopping and business areas.. Photographer: Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg.
Hong Kongs Biggest Protest in Decade Calls for Democracy.
Hong Kongs Biggest Protest in Decade Calls for Democracy ��� Bloomberg. Thousands of residents gather to march in downtown streets during an annual pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong, on July 1, 2014.. In a speech earlier in the day at a ceremony to mark the 17th anniversary of Hong Kongs return to Chinese sovereignty from U.K. rule, Chief Executive Leung urged people to avoid doing anything that may undermine Hong Kongs stability and prosperity.
Hong Kong Can Have Election Under China Rules or Nothing: Leung
Hong Kong faces a standstill unless China-backed plans for restricted elections and measures to cool record home prices are implemented, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said in his first major address since pro-democracy protests divided the city. The.
Hong Kong to Start Talks With Student Protesters Oct. 21
Hong Kongs government and pro-democracy protesters will start talks this week, the two sides said, as demonstrations in the Mong Kok district, while smaller than the previous night, remained tense. Discussions. Hong Kong earlier canceled talks that.
Students Ready For Return Of Police With Chain Saws.
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters girded themselves for an anticipated showdown with police who earlier used chain saws and sledgehammers to clear barricades.. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg Taxi drivers, center rear, demonstrate as police officers stand in front of a barricade on Queens Road in the business district of Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. Note: The China Daily reports that Hong Kong police will use minimal force to remove barricades and��.
Thousands return to Hong Kong streets in protest | Nation.
Thousands of protesters poured into a main road in Hong Kong for a pro-democracy rally late Friday, reviving a civil disobedience movement a day after the government canceled talks with student leaders aimed at defusing��.
Hong Kong Heats Up Again �� The Dish
Demonstrators returned to the streets in droves today after the government abruptly cancelled talks with the protest movement:. Sunny Lo, a political analyst at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, said the government was spooked by a promise from pro-democracy lawmakers Thursday to disrupt the workings of the government in the citys parliament, known locally as LegCo, in a show of support for protesters. The Bloomberg View editors advocate a compromise:.
Hong Kong civil servants return to work as pro-democracy protests thin
The pro-democracy protesters feared that officials would clear the streets by force, but it appeared the government was settling for a partial victory with the opening of government offices and clearing of some roads. One main road on Hong Kong Island .
Hong Kong Students Ready Return of Police With Chain Saws
Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters girded themselves for an anticipated showdown with police who earlier used chain saws and sledgehammers to clear barricades from a major road in the citys business district. Protesters camped.
Hong Kong Police to Sweep Protesters From City Streets Tomorrow
Hong Kong police will clear all protesters blocking roads around the government offices tomorrow, seeking to end the pro-democracy movement that has paralyzed the city center for more than two months. The police will. ���Continuing the occupation is.
Hong Kong Court Extends Injunctions Against Protesters
Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kongs High Court extended until Oct. 27 an interim injunction banning pro-democracy protesters from defending their barricades as police said events were turning chaotic. High Court Judge. Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kongs.
Hong Kong Democracy Protesters Return in Swelling Tide
Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters poured back into the streets of Hong Kong, choking roads in three different points of the city to press demands for free and open elections and the resignation of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. As.
Its time for Hong Kongs government to talk
For Hong Kongs student protesters, 2015 is off to a dismal start. Theyd hoped that. A day later, the government released a 217-page ���Report on the Recent Community and Political Situation in Hong Kong��� that glossed over the gripes of pro-democracy.
H.K. Democracy Protests Subside as People Return to Work.
(Bloomberg) Pro-democracy protesters who clashed with police in large swathes of central Hong Kong yesterday are dispersing, with calm returning to the city as people returned to work. Thousands of protesters remained near the governments main offices in the Admiralty. Even as the streets calmed down, workers said they would go on strike, and protesters pledged to return. ���The police cannot deal with us because were covering so many places,��� said Jason��.
Pro-democracy protesters to return to Hong Kongs streets.
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters will rally on Hong Kongs streets Sunday for the first time since mass demonstrations shut down parts of the city for more than two months. The afternoon march through central Hong��.
Hong Kong protests: pro-democracy rallies remain as national
As dawn broke in Hong Kong Wednesday, thousands of protesters who had spent the night in the streets despite heavy rains prepared to mark National Day, a major holiday across China, with new demonstrations.
Pro-democracy protesters return to Hong Kong streets.
Protesters hold banners and yellow umbrellas during a pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong on Feb. 1.(Photo: Billy H.C. Kwok, Bloomberg) 21 CONNECT 1 LINKEDIN.