It was indeed Beijing and the head of the local Government Executive, Carrie Lam, who took responsibility, almost four months ago, for opening up this crisis by calling into question the status enjoyed by this territory as a Special Administrative Region, a status that stems from the handover (...)
In his latest dispatch from Hong Kong, Colin Sparks reflects on the significance of yesterday’s (Sunday 18 August) illegal mass demonstration.
Mass protests in Hong Kong, Sunday 18 August. Photo: Kevin Cheng via twitter .
A huge and illegal march in the middle of a thunderstorm demonstrates (...)
The following is an edited transcript of a speech given by Hong Kong socialist Au Loong Yu at Perth’s annual Socialism conference on 18 August, Australia. The people of Hong Kong are in the fight of their lives against their own government and the Chinese Communist Party. Carrie Lam, the (...)
• More than 350 officers launch second petition in a month condemning force’s handling of anti-government protests.
• Some police behaviour goes against international norms, they say, warning of strike if government refuses to make concessions.
More than 350 Hong Kong government workers have (...)
Manipulation of public opinion and pressure on the region’s businesses, universities and judiciary are part of the strategy.
As protests in Hong Kong against a controversial extradition law enter their third month, the prospect of any resolution to the unrest seems a long way off. However, the (...)
Footage of helmeted protesters suddenly making arrests causes concern after weekend of intense clashes
Rights groups and democracy activists have accused police in Hong Kong of using excessive force after teargas was fired into an enclosed subway station and officers posed as protesters before (...)
Paris, the 12th august 2019
SUD AERIEN, representative union in the french air transportation, express his full solidarity and support to the airport and airline Hong Kong workers, fighting for their democratic rights.
These workers refuse a law modification that would have allowed (...)
17th August - ACT 40 United Act
Everyone bring one’s umbrella! ☂️
In Hong Kong, more than 2 million residents demonstrated in the streets on 16 June. An historic general strike also took place on August 5th. Demonstrations are taking place several times a week, with individuals determined to (...)
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions general secretary Lee Cheuk Yan has sent this message to the ITUC: “We are now in a very critical situation. We call for urgent intervention from the international community to condemn police violence and the Hong Kong Government and to stop violations of (...)
Cathay Pacific said Saturday 10 it will comply with new rules from China banning staff who support Hong Kong’s protesters from working on flights to the mainland or through its airspace. The Hong Kong carrier also confirmed it had suspended a pilot charged with rioting and fired two ground staff (...)
Police fire teargas and beat demonstrators during fierce clashes across city.
Hong Kong has once more descended into violence, with police firing teargas at protesters across the city as mass demonstrations calling for democracy entered their 10th consecutive week.
Clashes with police were (...)
China’s media used to ignore the turmoil. Now the state is waging a campaign that could pave the way for intervention.
As Hong Kong enters its third month of mass anti-government protests, across the border in China, people are seeing a very different version of events.
On Saturday, as (...)
One of the world’s busiest cities has grown unusually quiet as more and more people stay at home
It was the third night in a row that Biyanca Chu’s neighbourhood, Wong Tai Sin, a working-class residential district in Hong Kong, had been taken over by police and protesters. The ground was (...)
Civil aviation authorities say ban comes into effect from Saturday Airline says it is studying the directive carefully and passenger safety is its top priority.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China has told Hong Kong’s flagship carrier that from Saturday, staff who took part in “illegal (...)
Hong Kong has justified its existence as an interface between Western neoliberal globalism and China’s statist authoritarian capitalism. China no longer needs the city to play that role; Hong Kongers desperately need an alternative.
On the sweltering first Monday of August, Hong Kong (...)
Beijing has claimed that Hong Kong protests have “clear colour revolution characteristics,” adding that it will not rule out intervention if the city is in turmoil. Colour revolution refers to movements in former Soviet countries in the 2000s that led to the overthrow of governments. Beijing (...)
Hong Kong had the largest strike day in its history on Monday August 5. This is all the more noteworthy because: strikes are usually very rare in Hong Kong, striking for political reasons is not allowed by law, and therefore subject to possible sanctions.
Such a determination reflects the (...)
In the past two months, the Hong Kong people have expressed their views on the Mutual Legal Assistance against Law on Offenders and Criminal Matters (Amendment) Bill 2019 (hereafter: extradition bill) in a number of rallies and demonstrations, including the ones on June 9 and June 16. The (...)
Press review, updated during the whole day.
Hong Kong transport chaos as protesters lead city-wide strike: Over 230 flights cancelled, 7 MTR lines affected
5 August 2019 10:06 - Jennifer Creery (HKPP) https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/08/05/transport-chaos-across-hong-kong-protesters-lead-city-wide-
China has only tough choices as it looks to end more than two months of pro-democracy protests in its semi- autonomous southern city of Hong Kong. The protesters have shown no signs of backing down, despite increasingly violent confrontations in which HongKong’s police have regularly fired tear (...)
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