Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, seen here at George Bush’s funeral in 2018, said his country needed to revise its ties with China. (AFP/Alex Brandon)
A woman reacts after she was hit with pepper spray deployed by police as they cleared a street with protesters rallying against a new national security law in Hong Kong on Jul 1, 2020. (Photo: AFP/DALE DE LA REY)
Le consulat général du Vietnam à Hong Kong (Chine) a envoyé un représentant pour aider les étudiants vietnamiens à l’Université chinoise de Hong Kong à aller à l’aéroport pour rentrer à la maison. L’Université chinoise de Hong Kong, l’une des universités les plus prestigieuses de la région administrative spéciale, est devenue le lieu de rassemblement des manifestants du 12 au 15 novembre. La police de Hong Kong a été forcée d’utiliser des gaz lacrymogènes pour disperser les manifestants retranchés sur le campus. Pour assurer la sécurité des étudiants, les responsables de cette université ont annoncé le 13 novembre la fin du premier semestre de l’année scolaire 2019-2020. Les étudiants ont pris un congé temporaire et retourneront à l’école pour commencer le deuxième à partir du 6 janvier 2020. Le matin du 16 novembre, le représentant du consulat général du Vietnam à Hong Kong s’est rendu à l’Université chinoise de Hong Kong pour ramener les cinq Vietnamiens y étudiant à l’aéroport. Hong Kong arbitre environ 180.000 étudiants étrangers dont 50 vietnamiens.
Being dependent on international goodwill to maintain trade, it’s in Beijing’s interests to handle Hong Kong with patience. But with leaders stoking nationalism, they may be tempted to deal with protesters decisively, to bolster legitimacy at home
The past week has seen worrying new levels of violence and destruction in Hong Kong as battles between the police and protesters erupted in numerous locations. Despite Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor backing down from the original extradition bill, protesters have not only continued to demonstrate but seem to be radicalising.
The current state of Hong Kong – a city seemingly on the verge of widespread civil collapse – presents a massive challenge for Beijing for a number of reasons.
First, there is the immediate problem of how to return Hong Kong to a state of relative normality. The city has been a jewel in Beijing’s crown: an internationally reputable financial hub which acted as a gateway between the Western world and China. But, since the onset of the protests – and particularly in recent weeks with the escalation of clashes – it is possible that Hong Kong’s days as an international laissez-faire “tiger” are numbered.
Hong Kong (CNN)Chinese officials and state media have reacted with fury to the almost-unanimous passage of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act by the US House of Representatives on Wednesday.
Police fire tear gas to disperse protesters in the Causeway Bay area of Hong Kong on Nov. 11. ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Hong Kong’s protests have seen their first death, and there will be more to come. After months of demonstrations over Beijing’s growing influence tore the city apart, a protester who fell several stories under dubious circumstances died on Friday, while another is fighting for his life after being shot at close range by police on Monday while unarmed. Another man, meanwhile, was set on fire by protesters for shouting pro-Beijing slogans and is in critical condition. Mass tear gassings of Central, Hong Kong’s business district, caused many professionals to stay home, while clashes between police and protesters—previously mostly restricted to weekends—raged through the city on a Monday morning following an attempt to declare a general strike. Tiếp tục đọc “Hong Kong’s Violence Will Get Worse”→
Demonstrators carry umbrellas as they march along a street in Hong Kong on Sunday in defiance of a police ban. Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP
An estimated 1.7 million people in Hong Kong – a quarter of the population – defied police orders to stage a peaceful march after a rally in a downtown park, after two months of increasingly violent clashes that have prompted severe warnings from Beijing and failed to win concessions from the city’s government.
Huge crowds filled Victoria Park on Sunday afternoon and spilled on to nearby streets, forcing police to block traffic in the area. Torrential rain came down an hour into the rally, turning the park into a sea of umbrellas. At the same time, protesters walked towards Central, the heart of Hong Kong’s business district, and surrounded government headquarters.
Divya Gopalan is an Emmy nominee, international news anchor and correspondent for Al Jazeera English.
Hundreds of people with yellow umbrellas surrounded government headquarters on Thursday to mark the third anniversary of the event that set off Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy protests.
Demonstrators re-enacted the moment when police had fired tear gas at thousands of students and pro-democracy activists, who shielded themselves with umbrellas that became a symbol of the protests. Tiếp tục đọc “Why Hong Kong has a culture of protest”→
Tens of thousands marched in China-ruled Hong Kong on Sunday in an “anti authoritarian rule” march that called for the resignation of the city’s top legal official over the recent jailing of young democracy activists.
Pro-democracy activists carry a banner reading “no fear”, during a protest on China’s National Day in Hong Kong, China October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
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HONG KONG: Tens of thousands marched in China-ruled Hong Kong on Sunday (Oct 1) in an “anti-authoritarian rule” march that called for the resignation of the city’s top legal official over the recent jailing of young democracy activists.
Rally by pro-democracy groups on 20th anniversary of city’s handover to Chinese rule follows Xi Jinping’s visit and labelling of any challenge to it as ‘a red line’
Pro-democracy protester Leung Kwok-hung joins a march in Hong Kong on Saturday. He was later taken away by police. Photograph: Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty Images
Saturday 1 July 2017 06.37 EDT First published on Saturday 1 July 2017 00.19 EDT
Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters have marched across Hong Kong to mark the 20th anniversary of its return to Chinese control with a high-profile show of dissent.
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