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Guarding the fort as HK protests rage

Dale De La Rey, AFP
Posted at Nov 15 09:26 AM

A protester rests on the ground on a blocked road at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Thursday evening. Read more »

Hong Kong to unveil depth of recession as protests, trade war rage

Reuters
Posted at Nov 15 08:31 AM

Hong Kong is expected to confirm on Friday it plunged into recession for the first time in a decade, amid concerns the economy could be in even worse shape than feared as months of anti-government protests take a heavy toll. Read more »

Alibaba praises Hong Kong ahead of $13.4-billion listing

Reuters
Posted at Nov 15 08:22 AM

Alibaba Group Chairman Daniel Zhang said Hong Kong's "future is bright" as the company presses on with its secondary listing in the city gripped by increasingly violent protests and recession. Read more »

State media: Xi says Hong Kong violence threatens ‘one country, two systems’

Yan Zhao and Catherine Lai, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 15 12:40 AM

Recent "violent illegal activities" in Hong Kong have "severely trampled on rule of law and social order" in the semi-autonomous city, China President Xi Jinping said Thursday. Read more »

Burberry logs rising profit despite Hong Kong protests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 06:12 PM

Profits after taxation rose 14 percent to £150.3 million ($193 million, 175 million euros) in the first half of Burberry's financial year, or 26 weeks to September 28, it said in a results statement.  Read more »

Hong Kong protesters fire arrows at cops and choke city for 4th day

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 11:55 AM

The territory has entered its sixth month of protests, which have morphed from mass rallies into a "blossom everywhere" campaign of debilitating disruption by groups of black-clad mainly student demonstrators.   Read more »

Chaos in Hong Kong as pro-democracy protests 'blossom everywhere'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 08:16 AM

China, facing the biggest challenge to its rule of the territory since it was handed back by the British in 1997, has insisted it will not buckle to the pressure and warned of even tougher security measures. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 13, 2019

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Posted at Nov 14 12:18 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Alibaba to spend more on travel, entertainment after $13.4 billion listing

Scott Murdoch and Jennifer Hughes, Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 09:42 PM

Alibaba also plans to spend more on developing Youku, which the company says is one of the leading online video platforms in China. Read more »

SLIDESHOW: Chaos in Hong Kong as pro-democracy protests 'blossom everywhere'

Text by Agence France Presse, Photos from AFP, AP and Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 07:53 PM

Pro-democracy protesters stepped up Wednesday a "blossom everywhere" campaign of road blocks and vandalism across Hong Kong that has crippled the international financial hub this week and ignited some of the worst violence in five months of unrest. Read more »

OFWs sa HK walang balak umuwi sa kabila ng tumitinding protesta

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 14 03:09 PM

Nag-ugat ang mga protesta sa Hong Kong sa pagtutol sa isang panukalang batas pero ngayo'y naging mga panawagan na para sa demokrasya sa Hong Kong, na sakop ng China. Read more »

'Hong Kong is burning': Ex-HK lawmaker calls for de-escalation amid rising violence

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 02:51 PM

Despite China's warnings against foreign intrusion, a former Hong Kong lawmaker is turning to the international community for help.  Read more »

China retail giant Alibaba given OK for huge Hong Kong listing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 13 02:16 PM

Asia's biggest company will kick off a weeklong roadshow from Wednesday as it looks to garner interest from institutional and retail investors, said Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, which is owned by Alibaba.   Read more »

Hong Kong readies for more chaos as violence spreads citywide

Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 12:35 PM

Protesters and police battled through the night at university campuses and other locations only hours after a senior police officer said the Chinese-ruled city had been pushed to the "brink of a total breakdown". Read more »

Envoy rejects OFW ban to Hong Kong as protests rage

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 11:21 AM

Filipinos in Hong Kong remain safe and their deployment there should continue despite intense battles between pro-democracy protesters and riot police that saw some of the most violent scenes in more than 5 months of unrest, a Philippine diplomat said Wednesday.    Read more »

US senators push for vote on Hong Kong rights bill as violence rises

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 09:37 AM

Republican Senator Jim Risch noted that he is a co-sponsor and "strong proponent" of the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act," which would place Hong Kong's special treatment by the United States under tighter scrutiny.   Read more »

Pro-democracy protests in HK campuses

Eric Tsan, HK01 via AP
Posted at Nov 13 08:30 AM

Students hit by water cannon sprayed by police during a clash at Chinese University in Hong Kong, Tuesday evening. Read more »

Hong Kong clashes rage on university campus, business district

Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 13 05:18 AM

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters fought intense battles with riot police on a university campus and paralyzed the city's upmarket business district Tuesday, extending one of the most violent stretches of unrest seen in more than five months of political chaos. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 12, 2019

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Posted at Nov 13 12:37 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Gulo sa pagitan ng gobyerno at nagpoprotesta sa Hong Kong, lumala

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 12 09:38 PM

Lumalala pa ang gulo sa pagitan ng government forces at mga nagpo-protesta sa Hong Kong.  Read more »