Hong Kong protests: Weekend clashes, weekday capitalism
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Xi vows attempts to split China will ‘end in crushed bodies and shattered bones’
Hong Kong (CNN)Chinese President Xi Jinping warned adversaries on Sunday that any attempt to split China will “end in crushed bodies and shattered bones” according to state-media, as anti-government protesters in Hong Kong returned to the streets for a 19th consecutive weekend. Though Xi … Read More
Hong Kong’s fight for freedom
The western democratic world must back the protesters, says Janet Nichol, while Esther Cheo Ying Samson remembers parading in Beijing on 1 October 1949. A protest against a teenage demonstrator being shot at close range in the chest by a police officer in … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 4 October 2019
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Greetings from Tyler, This will be the last Update before the Day of Atonement (Wednesday, October 9), the Feast of Tabernacles beginning Monday, Oct. 14th, and the Last Great Day, Monday, Oct 21st. We’re thankful that we are still able … Read More
Hong Kong protest: City reels from ‘one of its most violent days’
The 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule in China was “one of Hong Kong’s most violent and chaotic days”, the city’s police chief has said. An 18-year-old protester was shot in the chest with a live bullet – one of … Read More
‘Black terror’ on rise in Hong Kong, official says
Mak Chin-ho, assistant commissioner of police operations in Hong Kong, displays a gasoline bomb confiscated during the weekend’s unauthorized assemblies, at a news conference at police headquarters in Wan Chai on Monday. [Photo/China Daily] After another weekend of destructive unrest, … Read More
Nearly Two Million Take to Hong Kong’s Streets in Peaceful Anti-Extradition Protest
Protesters stand on Harcourt Road overlooking the Legislative Council during a rally in Hong Kong, in the latest opposition to a planned extradition law that has since morphed into a wider call for democratic rights in the semi-autonomous city, August … Read More
Trump Seeks out Personal Meeting With Xi Jinping to Resolve Hong Kong Crisis
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Protesters occupy the departure hall of the Hong Kong International Airport during a demonstration in Hong Kong on August 12, 2019. (Anthony Kwan/Getty Images) “I know President Xi of China very well. He is a great leader who very much … Read More
Hong Kong protests: US lawmakers warn China may be preparing Tiananmen Square-style crackdown
U.S. officials warned Wednesday that China could be preparing for a Tiananmen Square-style crackdown in response to Hong Kong protests, as footage captures the menacing movement of military convoys near the border and Beijing ratchets up its rhetoric toward the demonstrators. House … Read More
Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas Amid Continuing Pro-Democracy Rallies
People holding umbrellas gather at Victoria Park to take part in an anti-extradition bill protest in Hong Kong, Aug. 11, 2019. Suzanne Sataline contributed to this report from in Hong Kong. Hong Kong police fired tear gas at protesters Sunday … Read More