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Google says YouTube campaign targeted Hong Kong protests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 23 07:09 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube on Thursday said it disabled 210 channels that appeared to be part of a coordinated influence campaign against pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. Read more »

HK protesters clash with police, angry at lack of prosecutions after subway mob attack

James Pomfret and Greg Torode, Reuters
Posted at Aug 22 12:18 AM

Some demonstrators blocked station exits and sealed roads outside the station, aiming green laser beams at the lines of shield-bearing officers.  Read more »

Bank warns of economic fallout from Hong Kong protests

Reuters
Posted at Aug 21 05:23 PM

A major bank warned on Wednesday that weeks of protests in Hong Kong could hit the economies of the Chinese-ruled city and mainland China itself as demonstrators prepared a sit-in at a subway and site of a mid-summer mob attack.   Read more »

Cathay Pacific will bounce back, new CEO tells staff

Danny Lee, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 20 10:09 AM

Augustus Tang Kin-wing, 60, who also called for unity among staff on Monday, said the need to comply with rules stipulated by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) went to the very foundations of the company's right to exist. Read more »

Recruiters nag-imbentaryo ng Pinoy workers sa HK

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 10:32 PM

Hindi pa rin natitinag ng tumitinding protesta sa Hong Kong ang mga Pinoy na gustong magtrabaho roon. Read more »

China plans to make Shenzhen a 'better place' than Hong Kong

Reuters
Posted at Aug 19 05:00 PM

Weeks of rallies, demonstrations, and occupations have plunged Hong Kong into crisis -- which Beijing is now framing as an opportunity for Shenzhen's development. Read more »

More mass protests planned in Hong Kong after peaceful weekend of rallies

Reuters
Posted at Aug 19 09:28 AM

HONG KONG - Hong Kong is gearing up for more protests this week after hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators braved heavy rain to rally peacefully on Sunday, marking a change to what have often been violent clashes. Read more »

Hong Kong workers in crossfire as China pressures businesses

Sui-Lee Wee and Raymond Zhong, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 19 06:19 AM

The most dramatic example came on Friday, when Rupert Hogg, the chief executive of Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways, resigned in the face of Chinese pressure after some of the airline’s workers participated in the demonstrations. Read more »

Hundreds of thousands join Hong Kong protests despite heat and heavy rain

Marius Zaharia and Tom Westbrook, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 18 11:28 PM

Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters joined a mass rally in Hong Kong on Sunday, filling major thoroughfares in heavy rain in the eleventh week of what have been often violent demonstrations in the Asian financial hub. Read more »

Hong Kong protesters rally to show 'peaceful' credentials after chaos

Yan Zhao and Catherine Lai, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 18 09:58 PM

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong democracy activists gathered Sunday for a major rally to show the city's leaders their protest movement still attracts wide public support despite mounting violence and increasingly stark warnings from Beijing. Read more »

Defiant Hong Kong protesters vow huge rally despite Beijing threats

Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 08:20 AM

Hong Kong democracy activists are hoping to get out a huge crowd later Sunday in a bid to show the city's leaders that their protest movement remains defiant despite increasingly stark warnings from Beijing. Read more »

Rival rallies as Hong Kong's divisions deepen

Jerome Taylor, Elaine Yu and Yan Zhao, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 17 11:37 PM

Ten weeks of demonstrations have plunged the international finance hub into crisis, with communist-ruled mainland China taking an increasingly hardline tone. Read more »

Rudderless rebellion: Inside the Hong Kong protesters' anarchic campaign against China

Reuters
Posted at Aug 17 11:35 AM

Ah Lung spends his days working as a clerk for a Hong Kong shipping firm. At night, he dons a mask, black helmet and body armor, and heads out into the streets to face off against the city's riot police. Read more »

Mga Pinoy sa HK nagtutulungan para makaiwas sa protesta

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 10:02 PM

Ibinabahagi ng mga Pinoy ang impormasyon sa mga kababayan para makatulong makaiwas sa mga umpukan.  Read more »

Ai Weiwei fears Tiananmen-like crackdown in Hong Kong

Daphne Rousseau, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 16 05:20 PM

Although most analysts consider a full-blown crackdown unlikely, fears of worse to come have hovered over the former British colony that was returned to China in 1997.   Read more »

Kita ng ilang Pinoy tour guide matumal dahil sa HK protests

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 10:14 PM

Tinatayang nasa 70 hanggang 80 porsiyento umano ang nawalang turista dahil sa mga protesta.    Read more »

Chinese military personnel parade near Hong Kong border: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 15 04:04 PM

SHENZHEN, China - Thousands of Chinese military personnel waving red flags paraded at a sports stadium in a city across the border from Hong Kong on Thursday, an AFP reporter witnessed. Read more »

Young, educated and furious: a survey of Hong Kong's protesters

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 15 11:11 AM

The vast majority of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters are university-educated, almost half are in their twenties and nearly everyone loathes the police, according to an academic survey that sheds new light on the movement. Read more »

Hong Kong airport resumes normal operations as city braces for more protests

Reuters
Posted at Aug 15 09:29 AM

Hong Kong's Airport Authority said normal flight operations would resume on Thursday after pro-democracy protests forced the cancellation of nearly 1,000 flights this week, while the city braced for more mass protests through the weekend. Read more »

Seguridad sa Hong Kong airport hinigpitan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 11:15 PM

Balik-normal na ang sitwasyon sa Hong Kong International Airport. Read more »