Tag: Hong Kong

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 10:05 UTC

  Pompeo tells NBA to stand up to China, after a row over support for Hong Kong protestors

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged the NBA to stand up to China, wading into a row as Beijing pressures the basketball league after a team official expressed support for demonstrations in Hong Kong.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  China's state media blasts NBA for endorsing Hong Kong violence and “secessionist pipe dream”

  

  Chinese state media on Wednesday accused the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) of endorsing violence and peddling a “secessionist pipe dream” in an escalating row over comments by a team official in support of protests in Hong Kong.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  China displays its military muscle with an impressive parade on the 70th anniversary of the communist revolution

  

  China celebrated its growing power and confidence with a big display of military hardware and goose-stepping troops in Beijing on Tuesday, overseen by President Xi Jinping, who pledged peaceful development on Communist China’s 70th birthday.

• Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Xi's message to Hong Kong: Beijing will uphold “one country, two systems”

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Monday to uphold the “one country, two systems” principle in Hong Kong, after months of protests in the semi-autonomous city.

• Saturday, August 31st 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Trump: US economic pressure helping Hong Kong protestors; steeper tariffs on Chinese goods “are on” as of this Sunday

  

  US economic pressure on China was responsible for preventing the authorities from carrying out a harsher crackdown against demonstrators in Hong Kong, US President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday.

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 08:29 UTC

  China and UK clash over the protests in ex-British colony Hong Kong

  

  China bluntly told Britain on Wednesday to “refrain from further interference” and London summoned Beijing's ambassador for a dressing down in a rapidly-escalating diplomatic feud over Hong Kong.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  China will not allow discussions on Hong Kong at G20 summit warns Beijing

  

  China said it will not allow discussion of Hong Kong at the G20 summit this week even as US President Donald Trump plans to raise the city's mass protests during his meeting with President Xi Jinping.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Protests in Hong Kong turn into chaotic street battling with pepper gas and rubber bullets

  

  Hong Kong on Thursday postponed the legislative debate on the controversial extradition Bill for a second day,  after a massive rally that witnessed violent clashes between protesters and the police on Wednesday. “The Legislative Council will not hold a session today to debate the Bill”, said a notice to lawmakers, without elaborating further.

• Monday, June 10th 2019 - 08:27 UTC

  A million people take to the streets of Hong Kong to protest extraditions to China

  

  A huge peaceful protest in Hong Kong against controversial plans to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland descended into violence early on Monday as police fought running battles with small pockets of demonstrators.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 06:36 UTC

  Singapore, Hong Kong and Paris, world's most expensive cities according to EIU

  

  Singapore, Hong Kong and Paris have been named the world’s most expensive cities for expatriates to live in, according to a survey of 133 cities released on Tuesday by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).