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Sunday, 30 November 2014
China urges Taiwan to keep ties after poll loss
China urged Taiwan to protect the gains of landmark cooperation between the mainland and the self-ruled island after Taiwan's pro-Beijing ruling party was routed in local elections.
The defeat in Saturday's elections of the Nationalist Party, which lost nine cities and counties,...
Read moreSaturday, 18 October 2014
Hong Kong activists regroup; police chief warns safety at risk
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(Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy activists recaptured parts of a core protest zone from police early on Saturday after hours of turmoil that the city's police chief warned undermined order and jeopardised public safety.
Dozens of people were injured in the skirmishes, including...
Read moreTuesday, 14 October 2014
Hong Kong police chip away at protest zones
(AP) — Hong Kong police cleared more barricades Tuesday from pro-democracy protest zones that have choked off traffic in key business districts for more than two weeks, signaling authorities' growing impatience with the student-led activists.
Appearing to use a strategy of gradually...
Read moreSaturday, 11 October 2014
Chinese newspaper blames US for Hong Kong protests
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(AP) — A Chinese state-run newspaper has blamed the United States for being behind the pro-democracy protests that have rattled Hong Kong — a claim the U.S. State Department strongly rejected.
Thousands of people, meanwhile, returned for sit-ins in Hong Kong's main protest zone...
Read morePitching tents, Hong Kong democracy protesters dig in for long haul
(Reuters) - Hundreds of student activists camped overnight at major protest sites in Hong Kong as the democracy movement sought to regather momentum after the government called off talks with its leaders aimed at defusing unrest in the global financial hub.
Protests escalated...
Read moreMonday, 6 October 2014
Hong Kong officials resume work as protests thin
(AP) — Hong Kong's civil servants returned to work and schools were reopening Monday as a massive pro-democracy protest that has occupied much of the city center for the week dwindled.
Student demonstrators say they have taken early steps to begin talks with the government on...
Read moreHong Kong protests subside after tumultuous week
(AP) — Passionate student-led protests for democratic reforms in Hong Kong subsided Monday but a few hundred demonstrators remained camped out, vowing to keep up the pressure on the government until officials show they are sincere in responding to their demands.
Schools reopened...
Read moreSaturday, 4 October 2014
Rival protesters face off in gritty Hong Kong neighborhood
(Reuters) - More than a thousand rival protesters, some wearing helmets, faced off in a densely populated, gritty district of Hong Kong on Saturday, fuelling concerns that the Chinese-controlled city's worst unrest in decades could take a more violent turn.
After a night of trouble...
Read moreFriday, 3 October 2014
Hong Kong protesters face backlash, threaten to abandon talks
(Reuters) - Pro-democracy protesters faced off against supporters of Chinese rule in Hong Kong's teeming Mong Kok district early on Saturday, in a tense confrontation that has undermined hopes for talks aimed at ending a week of turmoil.
Scuffles broke out late on Friday between...
Read moreThursday, 2 October 2014
Hong Kong leader offers talks with protesters
(AP) — Hong Kong's embattled leader refused to step down Thursday, as pro-democracy protesters have demanded, and instead offered talks to defuse a week of massive street demonstrations that are the biggest challenge to Beijing's authority since China took control of the former...
Read moreWednesday, 1 October 2014
In 'Umbrella Revolution,' China confronts limits of its power
(Reuters) - In the heart of Mong Kok, one of the most densely populated districts on earth, an abandoned Hong Kong police van is enveloped in the student-led demonstrations paralyzing swathes of the city. Along with yellow ribbons and flowers, symbols of the city’s pro-democracy...
Read moreTaiwan throws support behind HK democracy demands
(AP) — Taiwan, an island that China's ruling Communist Party has long sought to bring into its fold under the same "one country, two systems" arrangement it has for Hong Kong, has thrown its support behind Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.
Taiwanese leaders also have urged...
Read moreTuesday, 30 September 2014
Lightning, rain fail to deter resolute Hong Kong protesters
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(Reuters) - Thousands of pro-democracy protesters thronged the rain-soaked streets of Hong Kong early on Wednesday, ratcheting up pressure on the pro-Beijing government that has called the action illegal and vowed to press ahead with National Day celebrations.
On the sixth day...
Read moreMonday, 29 September 2014
Hong Kong protesters defy Beijing with calls for democracy
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(Reuters) - Hong Kong democracy protesters defied volleys of tear gas and police baton charges to stand firm in the centre of the global financial hub on Monday, one of the biggest political challenges for Beijing since the Tiananmen Square crackdown 25 years ago.
China wagged...
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