Hong Kong Protests
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Hong Kong High-Rise Fire Sparks Public Anger: Is China Losing Control?
News | Dec 02, 2025, 01:56 PM ISTHong Kong is on edge after its deadliest fire in decades, with 146 dead and hundreds missing. Public outrage over alleged negligence is driving demands for an independent probe, while Beijing warns against "anti-China" protests as residents continue to defy restrictions to mourn the victims.
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Hong Kong protests: 180 people arrested, police fires tear gas
World | May 25, 2020, 10:05 AM ISTPolice fired multiple rounds of tears gas and attested some 180 people as thousands took to the streets of Hong Kong to protest against China's planned national security law for the city, it was reported on Monday.
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Boy, 12, youngest to be convicted in Hong Kong protests
World | Nov 21, 2019, 06:32 PM ISTA 12-year-old boy became the youngest protester to be convicted in the six-month-long pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong as a court in the former British colony reserved orders to place him under counseling and supervision for up to three years.
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Hong Kong campus drama persists as city gears for elections
World | Nov 21, 2019, 03:16 PM ISTA small but determined group of protesters remained holed up Thursday inside a Hong Kong university campus as the city’s largest pro-Beijing political party urged voters to “kick out the black force” in upcoming elections seen as a key gauge of public support for anti-government protests.
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Hong kong protests: 70-year-old dies after being hit by brick
World | Nov 15, 2019, 11:59 AM ISTThe demonstrations, which have drawn massive crowds since June following a contentious proposed extradition law, have turned into a movement seeking to improve democracy in the city-state and safeguard the region's partial autonomy from Beijing.
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Hong Kong police say protesters out of control, deny curfew
World | Nov 14, 2019, 04:06 PM ISTHong Kong police warned protesters on Thursday that they were moving “one step closer to terrorism” by sinking the city into chaos, as riot squads skirmished with militant students at major universities.
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Hong Kong protesters vandalize subway station, storm mall
World | Nov 10, 2019, 07:11 PM ISTPolice fired tear gas and protesters broke windows at a shopping mall Sunday in anti-government demonstrations across Hong Kong amid anger over a student activist’s death and the arrest of pro-democracy lawmakers.
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Hong Kong: Knife-wielding man slashes several people involved in pro-democracy protests
World | Nov 04, 2019, 04:13 PM ISTHong Kong democracy protest news: A knife-wielding man slashed several people and bit off part of the ear of a pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong on Sunday, as riot police stormed several malls to thwart protesters who have been demanding government reforms for nearly five months.
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Hong Kong withdraws extradition bill after months of protests
World | Oct 23, 2019, 01:31 PM IST“I now formally announce the withdrawal of the bill,” Secretary for Security John Lee told the city’s legislature.
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Hong Kong: British Foreign Ministry official goes missing after crossing into Chinese mainland
World | Aug 20, 2019, 10:15 PM ISTAn employee of British Foreign Ministry has gone missing after he travelling to Chinese mainland from Hong Kong. Hong Kong Police on Tuesday confirmed it had received a report on August 9 about the employee.
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Protests escalate as Hong Kong marks handover to China
World | Jul 01, 2019, 01:00 PM ISTHong Kong protests: Combative protesters tried to break into the Hong Kong legislature Monday as a crowd of thousands prepared to start a march in that direction on the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's return to China.
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Mass protest staged in Hong Kong over extradition bill
World | Jun 16, 2019, 06:44 PM ISTYouths along with families and children participated in the protest carrying banners with the slogans "Stop the violence, we are not rioters" and "No to police brutality" amid demands for all charges to be dropped against those arrested during protests.
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Xi Jinping's leadership to come under scrutiny at key Communist Party of China meet
World | Oct 19, 2014, 07:09 PM ISTBeijing: Amid continued pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong as well as brewing resentment among party ranks over China's anti-graft campaign, the ruling CPC will hold a key meeting here tomorrow in which President Xi Jinping's
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Malala Yousafzai among Time's most influential teens of 2014
World | Oct 15, 2014, 09:14 AM ISTNew York: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, Obama's daughters and Joshua Wong, the face of the Hong Kong protests against China have been named by Time magazine among its list of the 25 most
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Hong Kong protesters make apparent concessions
World | Oct 05, 2014, 07:59 PM ISTHong Kong: In an apparent concession to authorities warning pro-democracy protesters to clear Hong Kong's streets by the beginning of the work week, students occupying the area outside city government headquarters agreed today to remove
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Scuffles as Hong Kong protests face clear-out
World | Oct 05, 2014, 10:57 AM ISTHong Kong: Police armed with pepper spray and batons have clashed with demonstrators in Hong Kong as fears grow security forces may move in to clear the streets.As huge crowds rallied overnight in the city's
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'Illegal' Hong Kong protests can cause havoc, China warns
World | Oct 04, 2014, 05:32 PM ISTBeijing: Terming the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong as “illegal”, China today warned that the agitation that has paralysed the city would end up creating havoc in the former British colony.Democracy and the rule of
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Hong Kong protests shrink after leader OKs talks
World | Oct 03, 2014, 01:12 PM ISTHong Kong: The crowds of pro-democracy protesters on the streets of Hong Kong dwindled sharply Friday after the territory's leader agreed to meet with their leaders over their demands for electoral reforms. An afternoon thunderstorm—and
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China warns of chaos if Hong Kong protests persist
World | Oct 02, 2014, 11:12 AM ISTHong Kong: China warned of “chaos” and threw its weight behind Hong Kong's embattled leader in his face-off with pro-democracy protesters who have threatened to occupy government offices unless he steps down by the end
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Hong Kong protests hit city's role as finance hub
World | Oct 02, 2014, 11:03 AM ISTHong Kong: Shops in Hong Kong have closed and the local stock market has plunged but protesters are gambling their agitation for greater democracy will pay off by preserving institutions that made this former British