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Hong Kong leader abandons policy speech after lawmakers' heckles

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 16 12:44 PM

Hong Kong's embattled leader abandoned a State of the Union-style speech on Wednesday after she was heckled by opposition lawmakers during chaotic scenes inside the city's legislature. Read more »

US House passes hard line legislation vs China over Hong Kong, Huawei

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Oct 16 08:09 AM

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed four pieces of legislation taking a hard line on China, three related to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and one commending Canada's government in a dispute over the extradition of an executive from Huawei Technologies.   Read more »

Paglilinaw ng DOLE: Mga PH workers sa Hong Kong di pinauuwi

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 08:18 PM

Binanggit ito ng DOLE sa gitna ng mga kilos-protesta sa lugar.  Read more »

Hong Kong gears up for pro-democracy rally after latest weekend of unrest

Reuters
Posted at Oct 14 01:32 PM

HONG KONG - Hong Kong pro-democracy activists plan a rally on Monday evening after another weekend of unrest that saw protesters hurl petrol bombs and police reply with tear gas and rubber bullets, as violence in the Chinese-ruled city shows no signs of letting up. Read more »

Attempts to split China risk 'shattered bodies': Xi

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 10:55 AM

President Xi Jinping has warned that any attempts to split China would result in "bodies smashed and bones ground to powder," amid four months of anti-Beijing unrest in Hong Kong. Read more »

Hong Kong’s economic pain deepens as unrest continues

Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 14 08:06 AM

During China’s Golden Week holiday, which started Oct. 1, lines for rides at Disneyland were refreshingly short. Malls normally thronged with shoppers were closed for several days. And some of the city’s priciest restaurants, rattled by empty tables, were offering deep discounts. Read more »

NBA: Nets beat Lakers to bring merciful end to tense China tour

Dan Martin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 12 11:50 PM

The two-game tour was thrown into disarray after the league found itself at the center of a raging US-China dispute over democracy and free speech. Read more »

Government: Petrol bombs thrown inside Hong Kong metro station

Reuters
Posted at Oct 12 05:05 PM

Petrol bombs were thrown inside a Hong Kong metro station on Saturday but no one was injured, the government said, as pro-democracy protesters angry at what they believe is Beijing's tightening grip on the city took to the streets again. Read more »

NBA scraps media access to teams in China, as Saturday's game on

David Kirton and Joyce Zhou, Reuters
Posted at Oct 11 05:01 PM

The league said earlier that Saturday night's Lakers-Nets exhibition game in Shenzhen, on the border with Hong Kong, will proceed. Read more »

Hong Kong's metro, legislature open but more protests planned for weekend

Reuters
Posted at Oct 11 11:25 AM

Hong Kong's metro operator opened all stations on Friday for the first time in a week ahead of another round of anti-government protests at the weekend, while the city's legislature began its first session since protesters stormed the building in July. Read more »

China fans cheer NBA stars in Shanghai, as free speech row rages

Dan Martin Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 10 10:10 PM

Amid a heavy police presence, the Lakers-Nets game got under way smoothly and tipped off in a festive mood with Chinese fans clad in NBA jerseys cheering their heroes. Read more »

NBA: Shanghai game on, but Hong Kong free speech backlash continues

Se Young Lee, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 10 10:42 PM

The exhibition game between the Lakers and the Nets is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., Thursday. Read more »

Apple pulls police-tracking app used in Hong Kong protests after consulting authorities

Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Oct 10 01:22 PM

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc on Wednesday removed an app that protestors in Hong Kong have used to track police movements from its app store, saying it violated rules because it was used to ambush police. Read more »

Shanghai Sports Federation says NBA fan event in city cancelled

David Stanway and Xihao Jiang, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 09 05:29 PM

(UPDATE) The Shanghai Sports Federation said on Wednesday that a National Basketball Association (NBA) fan event scheduled later in the day in the city has been cancelled, the latest setback for the U.S. league in a key market. Read more »

Chinese state media slams basketball's NBA in free speech row

David Stanway, Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 02:56 PM

Chinese state media on Wednesday accused the National Basketball Association (NBA) of endorsing violence and peddling a "secessionist pipe dream" in an escalating row over comments by a team official in support of protests in Hong Kong. Read more »

Taiwan expels Chinese tourist for damaging 'Lennon Wall'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 11:34 AM

Taiwan has expelled a Chinese tourist for damaging a "Lennon Wall" that was put up in support of Hong Kong's democracy movement, a move likely to irk Beijing. Read more »

OPINION: The flag has been unfurled: Warning from China’s PLA

Edmund Tayao
Updated as of Oct 09 12:15 PM

My sources from Beijing suggest that many options remain for China’s leaders with respect to the Hong Kong protests. The military option is still the last of several options. Read more »

China state newspaper criticizes Apple for app use by Hong Kong protesters

Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 08:30 AM

In a commentary the newspaper did not mention the name of the location app, but it decried what it said was Apple's complicity in helping the protesters and questioned whether Apple was "thinking clearly." Read more »

Colliding with China, the NBA retreats with a bruised spine

Michael Powell, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 09 12:02 AM

Social justice marketing is grand for the hoop audience in the United States but looks far less attractive to an authoritarian power in Beijing. Read more »

'South Park' creators issue mock apology over China censorship

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 04:51 PM

 The creators of "South Park" have issued a mock apology to China after censors scrubbed their popular animation from the Chinese web. Read more »