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Chinese ambassador warns against 'chaos' in Hong Kong
Jul 09, 2014 (AFP)
China's ambassador to Britain warned Wednesday of "chaos" in Hong Kong if pro-democracy campaigners go ahead with a plan to occupy the city centre and dismissed...
Macau announces democracy vote after massive Hong Kong poll
Jul 08, 2014 (AFP)
Activists in the gambling hub of Macau have announced an unofficial referendum on electoral reform in the latest challenge to Beijing, after almost 800,000 turn...
Hong Kong press freedom faced 'darkest days' in past year: group
Jul 06, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong journalists said Sunday the past year had been the "darkest" for press freedom for decades, with growing political tensions expected to worsen the sit...
Organisers of huge Hong Kong rally arrested
Jul 04, 2014 (AFP)
Police on Friday arrested the organisers of Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy rally since the city was handed back to China, sparking outrage from campaigners w...
Police arrest 500 after huge Hong Kong protest
Jul 02, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong police arrested more than 500 protesters at a sit-in early Wednesday following a huge march that organisers said mobilised half a million people deman...
Police swoop on protesters at Hong Kong sit-in
Jul 01, 2014 (AFP)
Scores of protesters at a Hong Kong sit-in were forcibly removed by police in the early hours of Wednesday following a massive pro-democracy rally which organis...
Tens of thousands stage Hong Kong pro-democracy march
Jul 01, 2014 (AFP)
Clutching banners and chanting slogans, tens of thousands of protesters Tuesday began a pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong that organisers say could be the larges...
China slams 'illegal' Hong Kong democracy poll
Jun 30, 2014 (AFP)
China on Monday condemned an unofficial Hong Kong referendum on democratic reform in which almost 800,000 people voted, calling it "illegal and invalid" on the ...
Mideast crisis exposes failure to build democracy: official
Jun 26, 2014 (AFP)
The surging crisis in Iraq and battles over democracy in Arab Spring nations have exposed the failure of the international community to help lay political found...
Hong Kong activists predict biggest protest since China handover
Jun 25, 2014 (AFP)
Activists said Wednesday they expect more than half a million people to take to the streets on Hong Kong's annual protest day in what would be the biggest march...
US ambassador raps China for arrests of 'moderate voices'
Jun 25, 2014 (AFP)
The new US ambassador to China Max Baucus chided Beijing on Wednesday for a wave of arrests of "moderate voices", in his first public address since arriving in ...
US cuts more Thailand aid, considers moving exercises
Jun 24, 2014 (AFP)
The United States said Tuesday it has suspended more assistance to Thailand in response to a military coup and was considering moving a major regional exercise ...
Hong Kong hits back at Chinese media over democracy poll
Jun 24, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong's leader hit back Tuesday at Chinese media criticism of an unofficial democracy poll in the city, softening his previous stance on the ballot after tu...
China paper slams Hong Kong democracy poll as 'farce'
Jun 23, 2014 (AFP)
A state-run Chinese newspaper on Monday slammed Hong Kong's unofficial referendum on democratic reform -- which has drawn more than 700,000 votes -- as an "ille...
US unlocks aid as Kerry presses Egypt on democracy
Jun 22, 2014 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Egypt's leaders to allow greater political freedoms Sunday, as Washington unlocked some $572 million in military aid fo...
Almost 300,000 people vote in Hong Kong democracy poll
Jun 20, 2014 (AFP)
Almost 300,000 people took part in an unofficial Hong Kong vote on electoral reform Friday, a poll which China has condemned as fears grow that Beijing will bac...
Turkey court orders release of 230 military 'plotters'
Jun 19, 2014 (AFP)
Magistrates in Istanbul on Thursday ordered the release of 230 military officers sentenced for plotting to overthrow the government, a day after Turkey's top co...
Media watchdog urges Jordan king to reform anti-terror law
Jun 16, 2014 (AFP)
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Monday urged Jordan's King Abdullah II to reform the country's "repressive" anti-terrorism law, saying recent ...
Virginia political quake may doom Obama immigration hopes
Jun 11, 2014 (AFP)
A grassroots revolution in Virginia did not just topple Republican Party chieftain Eric Cantor. Tuesday's political earthquake also likely doomed US President B...
China must avoid 'trap' of Western-style democracy: media
Jun 09, 2014 (AFP)
China must beware the "trap" of Western-style democracy, the ruling Communist Party's flagship newspaper said Monday, days after the 25th anniversary of the Tia...
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