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Tense scenes in Hong Kong as anti-government protesters refuse to leave university
A band of anti-government protesters remain holed-up in a Hong Kong university campus in a tense standoff with police.Pro-democracy protesters have occupied Hong Kong’s Polytechnic ...
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Ex-British Consulate staff says Chinese police tortured him
FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2019, file photo, a supporter holds a poster outside of the British Consulate in Hong Kong during a rally ...
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Last campus protesters hold out as Hong Kong schools reopen
1of14A man is evacuated by medics past graffiti of Pepe the Frog, which has been used a s symbol of the youth-led protest, from the ...
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China summons US embassy official over Senate passing of Hong Kong Human Rights bill
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu on Wednesday summoned William Klein, acting charge d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in China , to lodge "stern representations ...
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The US House and Senate both passed bills to defend human rights in Hong Kong — a powerful act of defiance against China as pro-democracy protests rage
The House on Wednesday quickly passed a bill meant to protect human rights in Hong Kong as protests continued to rage in the semiautonomous Chinese ...
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Former UK consulate staff accuses Chinese police of his torture
A former employee at the UK 's consulate in Hong Kong accused Chinese secret police of torturing him in an effort to extract information about ...
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China Tortured Me Over Hong Kong, Says Former British Consulate Employee
LONDON—A former employee of Britain’s consulate in Hong Kong said Chinese secret police beat him, deprived him of sleep and shackled him in an attempt ...
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Hong Kong’s authorities have dug themselves a hole and there’s no way out
It should hardly come as a surprise that the vast majority of Muslim nations have turned a blind eye to Chinese excesses on this front ...
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Protesters urged to cooperate so polls can be held on Sunday
HONG KONG • The Hong Kong government is extremely keen to see the district council elections take place this Sunday as scheduled, but much depends ...
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Hong Kong's next flashpoint: Upcoming election the first since protests began
Administration officials have repeatedly warned that the worsening protests could make it impossible to conduct a citywide poll. HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Even as Hong ...
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My beloved Hong Kong has become a war zone and daily life is full of anxiety
The ongoing political crisis in Hong Kong is probably the biggest challenge of my life. I don’t remember having lost sleep and appetite and not ...
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China opposes passage of HK bill by US Senate
China firmly opposes the passage of a Hong Kong-related bill by the United States Senate, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday, urging the US side ...
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Hong Kong’s Protest Movement Hits a Low Point
In a darkened classroom at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a half-dozen people peeked through the blinds to watch the sight of true desperation: People dressed ...
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Former Hong Kong British consulate worker says he was tortured, shackled by Chinese during detention
Hong Kong: Police to storm besieged campus? A former employee of Britain ’s consulate in Hong Kong revealed Wednesday that he was tortured, shackled and ...
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Hong Kong protests: more than 200 defendants charged over stand-off outside PolyU brought to six courts
213 defendants were among those arrested, surrendered or had their information recorded by police outside PolyU on Monday. Unprecedented arrangement saw magistrates sitting from 9.30am ...
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Hong Kong protests: 1,100 people arrested in a day, 3,900 petrol bombs found at university
A protester throws a Molotov cocktail during clashes with police outside Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Hong Kong, China, Nov 17, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Adnan ...
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In Warning to Hong Kong’s Courts, China Shows Who Is Boss
Lam Yik Fei for The New York TimesBEIJING — After months of relative restraint, China’s Communist government this week took its most decisive steps to ...
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A Hong Kong protester on why he won’t surrender to police
(Ng Han Guan / AP) Pale and thin, a teenager wandered the nearly deserted campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University at about 1 a.m. Wednesday ...
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Former British consulate worker says he was tortured in China over UK’s role in Hong Kong protests
A former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong has alleged that he was tortured in China and interrogated by secret police about the ...
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Hong Kong protests intensify as police dispute storming Polytechnic University amid fires, explosions
Hong Kong protests intensify as police dispute storming Polytechnic University amid fires, explosions originally appeared on abcnews.go.com Protests in Hong Kong have intensified with live ...
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A Hong Kong protester on why he won’t surrender to police
HONG KONG (AP) — Pale and thin, a teenager wandered the nearly deserted campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University at about 1 a.m. Wednesday. He ...
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Hong Kong protests: schoolchildren in uniform arrested
Protesters are seen in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Wednesday, the fourth day of a stand-off with police in Hong Kong. Photograph: EPA Several ...
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Hong Kong protesters, police enter final phase of showdown as China slams U.S.
HONG KONG — Police and protesters braced for a final showdown at a university campus in Hong Kong Wednesday as a small group of anti-government ...
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Hong Kong police storm university held by protesters
A policeman in riot gear detains a protester outside of Hong Kong Polytechnic University as police storm the campus in Hong Kong, early Monday, Nov ...
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Interview With Chinese Activist Wei Jingsheng: Will the World Allow Hong Kong to Become Another Tiananmen Square Massacre?
A joint production of ‘Zooming In,’ an in-depth news program on NTD, and The Epoch Times Narration: Thousands of rounds of rubber bullets as well ...
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UPDATE 1-Options fade for last Hong Kong campus protesters as US bill angers China
China@* Fewer than 100 protesters still on campus -witnesses* U.S. Senate approves Hong Kong legislation* China condemns U.s. 'interference', Hong Kong expresses regret* Protesters search ...
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Hong Kong students' sewer escape thwarted; row with Britain grows
By Marius Zaharia and Jessie PangHONG KONG (Reuters) - Some anti-government protesters trapped inside a Hong Kong university on Wednesday tried to flee through the ...
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HONG KONG - Last week, thousands of student protesters streamed into Hong Kong Polytechnic University and occupied the campus as the city's violent political unrest ...
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Options fade for last Hong Kong campus protesters as U.S. bill angers China
People are detained by police near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hung Hom district of Hong... - DALE DE LA REY/AFP via Getty Images ...
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China ‘will retaliate’ if Donald Trump signs Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law
Beijing calls on Washington to ‘stop the act becoming law’ after it is passed by Senate, with the US president retaining the right to sign ...
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'Clear message': US Senate backs Hong Kong human rights bill
A protester, one of a small group holding out at against a police siege at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, holds a US flag. [Vincent Yu/AP ...
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Options narrow for last Hong Kong campus protesters as arrests take a toll
By Marius Zaharia and Jessie Pang People are detained by police near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hung Hom district of Hong... - DALE ...
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Criticism of Hong Kong mask ruling seen as hint from China
BEIJING (AP) — Criticism from China’s rubber-stamp parliament of a Hong Kong court decision is raising concerns that Beijing may move to flex its legal ...
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US Senate unanimously passes Hong Kong rights bill, sending legislation to House
A protester runs during an attempt to leave The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on November 18, 2019 in Hong Kong, China.Anthony Kwan | Getty Images ...
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Far from ruining Hong Kong, America’s human rights and democracy bill could be used to cool things down
Pan-democrats could persuade protesters to claim the US-sponsored act as a moral victory, vent their steam through the district council elections and win bigger support ...
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Hong Kong protests: 1,100 people arrested in a day, 3,900 petrol bombs found at university
A protester throws a Molotov cocktail during clashes with police outside Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Hong Kong, China, Nov 17, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Adnan ...
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Senate unanimously passes Hong Kong 'Human Rights and Democracy' bill
People hold their mobile phones as they gather to pray for the students who are barricaded inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus at Salisbury garden ...
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Wife of Hong Kong man set on fire tells Chinese state television of heartbreak at injuries
HONG KONG — The wife of the man who was set on fire in Hong Kong last week has told Chinese state television she was ...
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Anxious families wait outside besieged Hong Kong campus
Around 100 protesters remain barricaded inside the Hong Kong campus surrounded by riot police Relatives of some of the young pro-democracy protesters holed up inside ...
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Hong Kong court sent wrong signals to radical protesters over face mask ban, say mainland Chinese analysts
A ruling by the Hong Kong High Court on Monday that the government’s anti-mask law was unconstitutional has sent the wrong message to the radical ...
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China seen flexing legal muscles on Hong Kong
People wearing face masks duck down as they walk at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. About 100 anti-government protesters ...
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We Put Hong Kong on the 52 Places to Go List. Things Got Complicated.
The 52 Places Traveler We Put Hong Kong on the 52 Places to Go List. Things Got Complicated. The planned stops on the 52 Places ...
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As Hong Kong Crisis Worsens, Divided NYC Protesters Converge At NYU Event
A pro-Beijing protester outside an NYU event on the Hong Kong crisis. As a violent crackdown on pro-democracy student protesters intensifies, roughly 200 student demonstrators ...
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PHOTOS: What’s left of one Hong Kong university after hundreds of protesters fled
View Gallery (11 images) Last week, thousands of student protesters streamed into Hong Kong Polytechnic University and occupied the campus as the city’s violent political ...
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The Hong Kong police gunshot that unleashed a day of mayhem
A traffic cop seeking to break up a rush-hour roadblock grabbed a masked protester in a headlock and shot another in the abdomen at close ...
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Hong Kong Standoff At University Grinds On; Protesters Attempt Escape In Sewers
Riot police detain a protester on Tuesday near Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where about 100 anti-government protesters remained holed up. A days-long tense standoff between ...
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Is there hope for a Hong Kong revolution?
Hong Kong protesters shelter behind a thin barrier – and umbrellas – as police fire tear gas and encircle a group of demonstrators. Hong Kong ...
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Hong Kong protests: hundreds surrender to police after university standoff
Dozens of protesters remain holed up at a university in Hong Kong surrounded by police as a days-long standoff appears to be coming to an ...
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Hong Kong: protesters barricaded in ‘tense siege’ at university
More than 100 diehard protesters are still holed up in a tense siege in a Hong Kong university after many surrendered overnight, including more than ...
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What the Hong Kong protests can teach the world about enduring social movements
Dressed head to toe in the black gear of Hong Kong’s frontline protesters, his arms covered with protective pads and his face obscured under a ...
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UN human rights office urges Hong Kong de-escalation
A riot policeman watches over a group of detained people on a bridge in Hong Kong, early Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. About 100 anti-government protesters ...
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What's left of one Hong Kong university after hundreds of protesters fled
Hong Kong (CNN)Last week, thousands of student protesters streamed into Hong Kong Polytechnic University and occupied the campus as the city's violent political unrest reached ...
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Tear gas and fires: Hong Kong protests from morning to night
HONG KONG (AP) — Protesters in Hong Kong battled police on multiple fronts Tuesday, from major disruptions during the morning rush hour to a late-night ...
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Hong Kong police shoot protester, man set on fire
Protesters with umbrellas and bottles of water to douse tear gas canisters form up during confrontation with police in Hong Kong on Monday, Nov. 11, ...
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Staring into Hong Kong's future today
Staring into Hong Kong's future today It is always dangerous to speculate about what China might or might not do, especially the further one looks ...
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Police surround last holdouts at Hong Kong campus protest
(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan). A school principal, center, escorts two youths to surrender to the police at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong ...
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Hong Kong protests – Chilling pic appears to show ‘giant gas canister nail bomb’ to use against cops
A CHILLING photo from Hong Kong appears to show a giant makeshift gas canister nail bomb to use against cops.The image comes as politicians warn ...
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Chinese soldiers on Hong Kong streets, under the Operation Clean-up, protestors use petrol bombs, arrows to retaliate
Hong Kong: While the tension between China and the western countries, is festering over the Hong Kong issue, the Chinese military took to the streets ...
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Hong Kong campus holdouts desperately seek escape routes
People are detained by police near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hung Hom district of Hong... - DALE DE LA REY/AFP via Getty Images ...
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EXPLAINER-Beijing hints at looming pressure on Hong Kong courts
(Adds bar association comment, paragraph 11)HONG KONG, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Hong Kong lawyers and scholars keen to safeguard the territory's vaunted legal independence were ...
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Hong Kong protests: hundreds surrender to police after university standoff
About 600 protesters who were trapped by police inside a Hong Kong university have surrendered to the authorities, chief executive Carrie Lam has said. Lam ...
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The Latest: China accuses US of ‘double standards’ on HK
Molotov cocktails are left over at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus in Hong Kong on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Police tightened their siege of ...
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Desperate Hong Kong protesters explore sewers in campus escape bid
Protesters still inside the Hong Kong campus are plotting increasingly ingenious -- and desperate -- ways to escape a police siege Arms covered in cling ...
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The Latest: Hong Kong leader refuses to accept demands
A protester approaches a gas canister deployed in Central district of Hong Kong on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. A protester was shot by police Monday ...
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China just hinted it may upend Hong Kong’s legal system over the mask ban
In a surprise decision Monday, a Hong Kong court threw out a month-old mask ban the government had introduced in the hopes of stemming the ...
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Protesters fight a battle against the government and technology in Hong Kong HONG KONG - In a surprise decision Monday, a Hong Kong court threw ...
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Hong Kong protests: Carrie Lam calls for peaceful end to university demonstration
Protesters wait to receive medical attention at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus during protests Hong Kong leader. Carrie Lam has she hoped a standoff ...
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Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Protesters still inside as standoff continues
The identity crisis behind Hong Kong's protests Between 100-200 protesters remain barricaded inside a Hong Kong university surrounded by police, as the standoff enters a ...
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Hundreds trapped in police siege of Hong Kong campus
Police detain protesters near Hong Kong Polytechnic University where hundreds were gathered inside. Police detain protesters near Hong Kong Polytechnic University where hundreds were gathered ...
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Student protesters hold out as Hong Kong leader urges peaceful resolution
From major disaster, conflicts and under-reported stories, we shine a light on the world’s hotspots * HK leader Lam says told police to handle standoff ...
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Lam urges safe end to Hong Kong stand-off
Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam says she hopes a stand-off between police and hold-out anti-government protesters can be resolved with police told to handle ...
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The Latest: China appoints new police chief in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — The Latest on Hong Kong protests (all times local):1 p.m.China has appointed a new police chief in Hong Kong in a ...
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HIGHLIGHTS-Hundreds of protesters leave Hong Kong university; about 100 remain
(Updates)HONG KONG, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam told a news conference on Tuesday that about 100 protesters remained inside the Hong ...
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