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WTA Hong Kong tennis postponed following protests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 13 05:41 PM

The WTA Hong Kong Open women's tennis tournament has been postponed, organisers said on Friday, citing the "present situation" after months of sometimes violent pro-democracy protests. Read more »

Hong Kong protesters hit pause in memory of 9/11 attacks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 07:49 PM

Hong Kong activists called off protests on Wednesday in remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and denounced a Chinese state newspaper report that they were planning "massive terror" in the Chinese-ruled city. Read more »

Fitch downgrades Hong Kong after months of protests

Reuters
Posted at Sep 06 12:39 PM

Hong Kong's rating outlook is negative, Fitch Ratings said on Friday. Read more »

Hong Kong leader formally withdraws controversial extradition bill

Reuters
Posted at Sep 04 06:15 PM

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday announced the formal withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades.   Read more »

Singapore hotels see best month in years amid Hong Kong turmoil

Aradhana Aravindan and John Geddie, Reuters
Posted at Sep 03 04:41 PM

Data released on Monday by Singapore's tourism board showed average occupancy rates in the city-state's hotels hit 93.8 percent in July, the highest in records going back to 2005, and up from 92.5 percent a year ago. Read more »

Zara seeks to distance brand from HK protest controversy

Reuters
Posted at Sep 03 04:03 PM

Zara made its statement after the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao asked in a headline whether the closure of four of the company's Hong Kong shops on Monday was in support of a strike call by students, a question that was seized upon by mainland social media users. Read more »

Guns and protests

Lillian Suwanrumpha, AFP
Posted at Aug 26 10:11 AM

Police officers point their guns at protesters in Tseun Wan in Hong Kong on Sunday during the latest opposition protests to a planned extradition law that has since morphed into a wider call for democratic rights in the semi-autonomous city. Read more »

Hong Kong police turn water cannon on protesters, fire tear gas

James Pomfret and Jessie Pang, Reuters
Posted at Aug 25 08:30 PM

Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon amid running battles with brick-throwing protesters in driving rain on Sunday after violent clashes a day earlier in which police fired tear gas for the first time in more than a week. Read more »

Hong Kong airport operating normally despite planned "stress test" protest

Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 11:41 AM

Hong Kong's airport and the roads and railways leading to it were operating normally early on Saturday despite plans by protesters to implement a "stress test" of transport links to the aviation hub early in the day. Read more »

Hong Kong protesters form human chain 30 years after 'Baltic Way'

Elaine Yu and Jasmine Leung, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 10:12 AM

HONG KONG, China - Thousands of people held hands across Hong Kong late Friday in a dazzling, neon-framed recreation of a pro-democracy "Baltic Way" protest against Soviet rule three decades ago. Read more »

Cathay flight attendant says fired over Facebook posts on HK protests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 23 05:17 PM

The Hong Kong-based airline has been accused of bowing to political and commercial pressure from Beijing by sacking employees in recent weeks for their public support for the massive anti-government movement roiling Hong Kong. Read more »

Money, muscle, media: how China has handled Hong Kong protests

Aidan Jones and Catherine Lai, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 05:16 PM

HONG KONG - China has deployed a three-pronged strategy to suffocate pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong -- propaganda, economic leverage and intimidation. 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 »

Hong Kong airport suspends flight check-ins: authority

Reuters
Updated as of Aug 13 09:44 PM

Flight check-in services have been suspended at Hong Kong's international airport, the airport authority said on Tuesday, citing disruptions caused by anti-government protests. Read more »

‘Dancing aunties’ spark new Hong Kong protest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 06 09:27 PM

In the latest flashpoint with authorities, hundreds of protesters blocked roads and chanted slogans at police in the northwestern district of Tuen Mun. Read more »