Hong Kong New Year’s Day march cut short, descends into chaos
FILE PHOTO: People attend an anti-government rally at Edinburgh Place in Hong Kong, China, December 29, 2019. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, Whoever heard of THIRTY feet of snow? That’s what they’re dealing with in Iceland, where they’ve never seen the like. Snow was supposed to have been a thing of the past, something the youthful generation would only … Read More
Demonstrators had threatened to paralyze the city on Monday morning Police make two arrests as disruption is kept to a minimum Protesters mostly stayed at home on Monday, ignoring calls for a citywide strike as Hong Kong marked the six-month … Read More
Hong Kong retail sales were in a sea of red in October. Both domestic and tourism spending were dismal. This situation will only reverse once we see a long-term end to violent anti-government protests, explained Iris Pang – Economist, Greater China at … Read More
BEIJING (AP) – China reacted furiously to President Donald Trump´s signing of two bills on Hong Kong human rights and said the U.S. will bear the unspecified consequences. A foreign ministry statement Thursday repeated heated condemnations of the laws and … Read More
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam acknowledged on Tuesday (Nov 26) that a crushing defeat for the city’s pro-Beijing establishment in weekend polls revealed public discontent over her government’s handling of months of political unrest. The elections showed concern over “deficiencies in … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, Did the world stop turning? Is the impeachment sham the only thing on earth we need to know about? If you caught the network radio breaks, the TV network panels, or the flagship headlines you might well … Read More
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers on Wednesday (Nov 20) overwhelmingly approved legislation that supports human rights and democracy in Hong Kong and also backs the territory’s anti-China protesters, sending the measure opposed by Beijing to President Donald Trump. The Hong Kong Human Rights and … Read More