Lantern-waving Hong Kong protesters take to hills, as leader pledges housing reform
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters took to the hills to form flashlight-carrying human chains on Friday, using the colourful Mid-Autumn Festival as a backdrop to the latest in more than three months of sometimes violent demonstrations. The protests, on a day when families traditionally gather to gaze at the moon and eat mooncakes while […]
Hong Kong school children form human chain after weekend of protests
Hong KongReuters Hundreds of uniformed school students, many wearing masks, formed human chains in districts across Hong Kong on Monday in support of anti-government protesters after another weekend of clashes in the Chinese-ruled city. Metro stations reopened after some were closed on Sunday amid sometimes violent confrontations, although the mood in the Asian financial hub […]
Hong Kong leader pulls extradition bill, but too little too late, say some
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday withdrew an extradition bill that triggered months of often violent protests so the Chinese-ruled city can move forward from a “highly vulnerable and dangerous” place and find solutions. Her televised announcement came after Reuters reports on Friday and Monday revealing Beijing thwarted an earlier proposal from […]
Hong Kong leader says escalation of violence is becoming more serious
Updated 6pmHong KongReuters Violence in Hong Kong’s anti-government protests is becoming more serious but the government is confident it can handle the crisis itself, the city’s embattled leader said on Tuesday. Carrie Lam was speaking in public for the first time since demonstrations escalated on Sunday, when police fired water cannon and volleys of tear […]
Hong Kong government: protests are pushing city to “extremely dangerous edge”
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong’s government said violence and illegal protests were pushing the city to an “extremely dangerous edge”, as police fired multiple rounds of tear gas to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters on Sunday and Beijing said it would not let the situation persist. The Chinese-controlled city, an Asian financial hub, has been rocked […]
Hong Kong leader says extradition bill “dead”, but critics not satisfied
Hong KongReuters The extradition bill that sparked Hong Kong’s biggest crisis in decades is dead, the territory’s leader said on Tuesday, adding that the government’s work on the legislation had been a “total failure”, but critics accused her of playing with words. The bill, which would allow people in Hong Kong to be sent to […]
Hong Kong leader says sorry as protesters insist she quits
Hong KongReuters Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam apologised to its people on Sunday as an estimated million-plus black-clad protesters insisted that she resign over her handling of a bill that would allow citizens to be sent to mainland China for trial. Organisers said almost two million turned out on Sunday to demand that chief executive […]