Tag Archives: Hong Kong

Hong Kong Lawyers in Mass Silent Protest Over China’s White Paper

2014-06-27 


Lawyers gather in front of the court of final appeal during a march in defence of judicial independence in Hong Kong, June 27, 2014.
AFP
Nearly 2,000 members of Hong Kong’s legal profession, Continue reading

China Link Alleged to Cyberattack as Hong Kong Tensions Grow

 

Hong Kong police carry out crowd control drills at a local police college in Hong Kong on June 25, 2014 ahead of planned July 1 protests. Continue reading

Hong Kong Chief Hits Back After Chinese Media Attacks Poll

2014-06-24


Hong Kong Chief Executive C.Y. Leung (R) meets with Hong Kong businessmen in Beijing, April 11, 2012.
AFP

Hong Kong’s chief executive C.Y. Leung on Tuesday hit back at Continue reading

Hong Kong’s democracy ‘referendum’ — What you should know

 

By Wilfred Chan and Euan McKirdy, CNN

June 25, 2014 — Updated 0111 GMT (0911 HKT)


Hong Kong’s democratic referendum
Hong Kong (CNN) — At least 738,000 Hong Kongers Continue reading

Sunflower Leaders Denied Entry into Hong Kong

Lin Fei-fan, Chen Wei-ting and Huang Kuo-chang have seen their applications to visit Hong Kong to support activists there denied by the authorities


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By J. Michael Cole June 25, 2014

As the crisis in Hong Kong intensifies amid Occupy Central Continue reading

Minitrue: Hong Kong Referendum

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.

State Council Information Office: Effective immediately, find and delete all news related to the 6/22 Hong Kong referendum, thoroughly clean up related comments, and promptly send a work report [on your progress]. Continue reading

Hong Kong Voters Demand Election Reform in Unofficial Poll

 


People line up at a polling center to vote in an unofficial referendum on democratic reform in Hong Kong, June 22, 2014.

Da Hai Han

June 23, 2014 7:13 PM

An unofficial pro-democracy referendum in Hong Kong has been extended through next Sunday, with nearly 720,000 people voting in the past three days to change how city leadership is elected. Continue reading

Hong Kong voters embrace unofficial poll

By Juliana Liu

Hong Kong correspondent, BBC News

Occupy Central co-organisers announce the number of votes twenty-six hours after their unofficial referendum began in Hong Kong on 21 June, 2014

Organisers from the Occupy Central movement said the number of votes cast exceeded their expectations Continue reading