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Strike grips Hong Kong as leader warns protests challenge China's sovereignty

Hong Kong is plunged into fresh chaos as a general strike followed another weekend of violent protests, paralysing transport, leading to more than 200 flight cancellations and bringing the city to an unprecedented standstill.

HK braces for new rally after fresh riot police clashes

Defiant pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong are readying for another big rally, a day after police fires rubber bullets and tear gas in the latest violent confrontation that has plunged the financial hub deeper into crisis.

HK leader says extradition bill ‘dead’, but critics not satisfied

The extradition bill that sparked Hong Kong's biggest crisis in decades is dead, the territory's leader says adding that the government's work on the legislation had been a "total failure", but critics accused her of playing with words.

HK leader condemns 'extremely violent' protests

Hong Kong's leader has condemned "the extreme use of violence" by masked protesters who stormed and ransacked the city's legislature in an unprecedented challenge to Beijing's authority.

Hong Kong leader says sorry again after fury at extradition bill

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologises again day and says she had heard the people "loud and clear" after some of the most violent protests in the Chinese-ruled city against an extradition bill that she promoted and then postponed.

August 5, 2019
August 5, 2019

Strike grips Hong Kong as leader warns protests challenge China's sovereignty

Hong Kong is plunged into fresh chaos as a general strike followed another weekend of violent protests, paralysing transport, leading to more than 200 flight cancellations and bringing the city to an unprecedented standstill.

July 28, 2019
July 28, 2019

HK braces for new rally after fresh riot police clashes

Defiant pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong are readying for another big rally, a day after police fires rubber bullets and tear gas in the latest violent confrontation that has plunged the financial hub deeper into crisis.

July 9, 2019
July 9, 2019

HK leader says extradition bill ‘dead’, but critics not satisfied

The extradition bill that sparked Hong Kong's biggest crisis in decades is dead, the territory's leader says adding that the government's work on the legislation had been a "total failure", but critics accused her of playing with words.

July 2, 2019
July 2, 2019

HK leader condemns 'extremely violent' protests

Hong Kong's leader has condemned "the extreme use of violence" by masked protesters who stormed and ransacked the city's legislature in an unprecedented challenge to Beijing's authority.

June 18, 2019
June 18, 2019

Hong Kong leader says sorry again after fury at extradition bill

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologises again day and says she had heard the people "loud and clear" after some of the most violent protests in the Chinese-ruled city against an extradition bill that she promoted and then postponed.