After six months of unrest, anti-Beijing protesters are increasingly unwilling to compromise.
A cloudless mid-September afternoon in Hong Kong. At City Hall, two flags—one of the People’s Republic of China, the other of Hong Kong—flap halfheartedly in the wind coming off the harbor. Inside, (...)
Hong Kongers have delivered a clarion call for change over the last fortnight with a landslide local election defeat for the government and more than one in ten hitting the streets peacefully on Sunday — but will Beijing listen?
Monday 9 marks the sixth month anniversary of a movement that has (...)
Hong Kong deports writer and migrant worker Yuli Riswati Yuli’s story must not become a mere footnote in Hong Kong’s struggle for liberation. https://lausan.hk/2019/hong-kong-deports-writer-and-migrant-worker-yuli-riswati/ December 2, 2019 - by Nickolas Tang (Lausan)
Yuli Riswati, an (...)
Organisers claim another massive turnout, while police say it peaked at 180,000. Procession from Causeway Bay to Central largely peaceful until nightfall, when protesters allegedly hurled petrol bombs at court buildings.
Hundreds of thousands flooded Hong Kong’s commercial heart on Sunday 8 to (...)
In Hong Kong, leftists of all kinds support ongoing protests for democracy and civil liberties. Leftists everywhere else should, too.
For the last six months, the people of Hong Kong have risen up to defend their democratic rights against the encroachment of the Chinese state. Their fight has (...)
The workers gathered at Chater Garden in Central at noon. It came after almost six months of large scale protests in Hong Kong. Yiu Koon-tung, a spokesperson for the Advertising Civilian group who organised the rally, said the government had yet to respond to the protesters’ demands, including (...)
Communist Party’s No 3 leader says Hong Kong must heed the central government’s policies. Li Zhanshu’s hardline rhetoric signals that last month’s district council elections have not swayed Beijing from its plans for the two cities.
Beijing’s long-term strategy for Hong Kong and Macau
The head of (...)
Demonstrations on Saturday 1 afternoon
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by Holmes Chan (HKFP)
From around 3pm, huge crowds of black-clad demonstrators began to walk from the Tsim Sha Tsui (...)
An interview with Avery Ng, chairman of the League of Social Democrats in Hong Kong.
Nearly six months of increasingly brutal state violence have failed to break the massive anti-government uprisings in Hong Kong. On Sunday, protesters mobilized a record-breaking turnout of pro-democracy (...)
Marches and road blockages in Central, Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay. But only a few hundred take to the streets.
Hong Kong’s lunchtime protests drew smaller crowds on Wednesday 28 than they did before election weekend, with just 400 or so rallying in key commercial and residential districts, (...)
Some believe democrats should lay groundwork for Legislative Council election next September by spreading their political ideology at district level. Others say radicals are likely to continue to block roads and vandalise metro stations.
The pro-democracy camp’s crushing victory in Hong Kong’s (...)
The landslide victory by the opposition in the current local election could be considered as a referendum on both the Hong Kong government and Beijing. The people’s voice is a clear and loud “No” to the latter’s hard-lined policy.
In general the oppositions enjoy a 55-60 percent of support in (...)
Democrats take control of 17 out of 18 councils in landslide victory
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by Chris Cheng (HKFP)
Hong Kong’s democrats have gained control of 17 out of the ctiy’s 18 (...)
Leaders of major opposition parties call for high-level resignations, and for officials to engage with protest movement’s demands. They also vow to look to the future and work on livelihood issues, to avoid repeating losses of 2007.
Leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy bloc warned on Monday 25 (...)
Among its most pressing concerns is finding work for unseated councillors and their staff. One core member says defeat was expected, blaming it on anti-government protests caused by deep-rooted tensions between Hong Kong and mainland China.
Hong Kong’s pro-establishment camp was caught off (...)
Editor’s note: All five Community March candidates were elected to district council on November 24, 2019. The headline of this article has been updated to reflect this.
Hong Kong’s movement approaches its half-year mark, and the state’s violent repression against protesters is only increasing. (...)
Pro-establishment camp fears it will bear the brunt of anger from voters who blame government for chaos in the city. But opposition lawmakers may pay price for recent escalation in violence, including fiery showdowns at two universities.
Hong Kong is bracing for one of the most unpredictable (...)
Since Sunday, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is besieged by the police.
Several hundreds or even thousands of people found themselves thus caught in a real mousetrap, without supplies, and without access to care for the wounded.
The immediate goal of the police is to be able to arrest (...)
After the four days battle between the Chinese University students and the police between 11th and 14th November, big clashes broke out yesterday, 17th of November. Hundreds of riot police besieged the Polytechnic University, and until this moment of writing the siege is still going on.
The (...)
Chinese army help clear protest debris at Hong Kong Baptist University
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by Kris Cheng & Jennifer Creery (HKFP)
Chinese army personnel have helped to clear debris (...)
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