Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged Hong Kong to do “everything necessary” to contain a severe corona outbreak in the semi-autonomous city-state. Xi says in Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing press that aid would be coming from the Chinese capital. Deputy Prime Minister Han Zheng, who heads the Communist Party’s internal […]
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Hong Kong elections are likely to be postponed for another year, to September 2022, local media reports. Previously, the parliamentary elections were postponed by the authorities due to the corona crisis. The pro-democracy opposition in Hong Kong fears that the cancellation of the ballot box will give Beijing more […]
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been arrested and then released. He is being charged with participating in a rally last October. Other activists have also been arrested for participating in protests last year. Wong, 23, was arrested at the Hong Kong Central Police Station. He posted that on […]
In Hong Kong, protesters clashed hard with riot police on Thursday. In the Mong Kok district, people took to the streets again to demonstrate against their own government. The widespread student protests on Chinese Tiananmen Square, precisely 31 years ago, were also discussed. The demonstration was banned because of […]
