HONG KONG (Reuters) – China accused the United States of “gangster logic” on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an end to Hong Kong’s special status under U.S. law in response to Beijing’s imposition of new security legislation on
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Over 600,000 Hong Kongers cast 'protest' vote against new security laws
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s opposition camp said on Sunday that over 600,000 citizens in the Chinese-ruled city cast ballots over the weekend in primaries it cast as a symbolic protest vote against tough national security laws imposed by
Hong Kong bans protest anthem in schools as fears over freedoms intensify
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday banned school students from singing of “Glory to Hong Kong”, the unofficial anthem of the pro-democracy protest movement, just hours after Beijing set up its new national security bureau in the
China passes sweeping Hong Kong security law, heralding new authoritarian era
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing unveiled new national security laws for Hong Kong on Tuesday, punishing crimes of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison, heralding a more authoritarian era for China’s freest
Hong Kong store owner rejects call to remove protest statue
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The owner of a children’s clothes shop in Hong Kong has refused a request from his landlord to remove a statue celebrating anti-government protests saying he wanted to teach children about democracy and he was not
Defying police ban, Hong Kongers hold Tiananmen candle memorial
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands defied a police ban to gather with candles in Hong Kong on Thursday to mark China’s bloody Tiananmen Square democracy crackdown in 1989 and accuse Beijing of stifling freedoms too on their semi-autonomous territory. Meeting
Hong Kong activists call for protest march against new security laws
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong activists called for a protest march on Friday against Beijing’s plans to impose national security legislation in the city, prompting alarm that the new laws could erode its freedoms through “force and fear”. “We
U.S. Senate Republican leader threatens 'reexamining' U.S.-China relationship
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday threatened to reexamine the U.S.-Chinese relationship if Beijing pursues a “further crackdown” on Hong Kong, after China was set to impose new national security legislation on the former British
Hong Kong legislature to push ahead with China anthem bill after chaotic scuffles
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s legislature plunged into chaotic scuffles for a second time this month, as pro-Beijing lawmakers on Monday took control of a key committee, paving the way for a debate on a bill that would criminalise