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'Times have changed' China tells Hong Kong's last British governor
Nov 05, 2014 (AFP)
China admonished the last British governor of Hong Kong on Wednesday, after he called on London to do more to encourage democracy in the former colony. Chris Pa...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi to visit China this year: party
Nov 04, 2014 (AFP)
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will make her first official visit to China next month, her party said Tuesday, as the veteran activist reaches out t...
Britain should push China on HK democracy, says ex-governor
Nov 04, 2014 (AFP)
Britain must push to see genuine democracy introduced in its former colony Hong Kong, whatever China says, the last UK governor of the territory Chris Patten sa...
For Hong Kong youngsters, protests bring taste of freedom
Oct 31, 2014 (AFP)
A month on the streets has given young Hong Kong democracy protesters a taste of life outside the city's cramped shoebox apartments -- and away from the prying ...
Umbrella-shaped ultramarathon to support Hong Kong protests
Oct 29, 2014 (AFP)
Two Hong Kong expatriates Wednesday ran a 102 kilometre (63 mile) ultramarathon following a course in the shape of a giant umbrella to support pro-democracy pro...
The politics of disgust: Reactions of shock predict voting habits
Oct 29, 2014 (UPI)
If anything, you'd think disgust would be one thing the average voter -- both Democrats and Republicans -- had in common. But a new study suggests how a person ...
America votes
Oct 28, 2014 (UPI)
Next Tuesday, America goes to the polls to elect all manner of officials from city counsel members and sheriffs to members of Congress. Congressional and gubern...
One month into HK protests, defiance on the streets
Oct 28, 2014 (AFP)
A month into the mass pro-democracy protests gripping Hong Kong, the movement is under pressure to keep up momentum -- but those on the streets say their vigil ...
Hong Kong protest leaders suspend planned vote: organisers
Oct 26, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Sunday suspended a planned vote on the next steps in their month-long protest -- hours before it was due to begin -- due to di...
Hong Kong protests: saving the movement's art
Oct 23, 2014 (AFP)
A band of Hong Kong art guardians are on constant standby at the city's sprawling protest site. Their mission: to swoop in and save a vast array of creative wor...
Beijing embraces 'rule of law with Chinese characteristics': Xinhua
Oct 23, 2014 (AFP)
China's Communist rulers declared Thursday that the country would embrace the "rule of law with Chinese characteristics", official media reported after a key pa...
Hong Kong netizens lampoon government negotiators
Oct 22, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong government negotiators who sat down to crunch talks with student leaders have become figures of online derision with netizens mocking them as empty va...
No end in sight for Hong Kong protests after talks
Oct 22, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong student leaders said Wednesday they may shun further talks with the government, accusing it of failing to make any meaningful offers to end weeks of m...
Hong Kong leader says poor would dominate free vote
Oct 21, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong's leader Leung Chun-ying has said open elections would result in the city's many poor dominating politics, as he ruled out democratic reforms before c...
No breakthrough during Hong Kong protest talks
Oct 21, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong's government held its first talks Tuesday with pro-democracy protest leaders but made no breakthrough in their bid to end three weeks of disruptive ma...
China's Xi to tighten control at key Communist conclave: experts
Oct 17, 2014 (AFP)
China's Communist rulers gather next week for a key meeting devoted to the "rule of law", but observers say the conclave will in fact mark another tightening of...
US calls for 'complete' probe into Hong Kong police brutality
Oct 16, 2014 (AFP)
The United States has called for a "swift, transparent and complete" investigation into the beating of a handcuffed Hong Kong democracy protester by plainclothe...
Despite Nobel win, Pakistan's Malala hated by many at home
Oct 15, 2014 (AFP)
Malala Yousafzai may have won the Nobel Peace Prize, but she remains an object of hate for many Pakistanis who view her as a Western agent on a mission to shame...
HK justice minister vows impartiality on police brutality
Oct 15, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen said Wednesday that any prosecution arising from police brutality would be handled impartially and said electoral ...
Police and protesters in violent clashes in Hong Kong
Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong police and protesters clashed early Wednesday in some of the most violent scenes since pro-democracy demonstrations began more than a fortnight ago, l...
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