Hong Kong

Hong Kong campus protesters fire arrows as unrest spreads across Kowloon

Several protesters fired arrows from rooftops at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University amid some of the most dramatic scenes in over five months of anti-government demonstrations in the Chinese-ruled city.

Nov 17, 2019, 20:18 PM IST

Hong Kong students hunker down as government dismisses curfew rumours

Thousands of students in Hong Kong hunkered down on several campuses, surrounded by piles of food, bricks, petrol bombs, arrows with heads wrapped in cladding, catapults and other homemade weapons.

Nov 14, 2019, 18:47 PM IST

Alibaba launches $13.4 billion Hong Kong listing to fund expansion

A 661-page draft prospectus for what looks set to be the world`s biggest cross-border secondary listing shows Alibaba plans to use the money to invest in online delivery and local services platform Ele.me, as well as online travel group Fliggy.

Nov 13, 2019, 23:00 PM IST

Violence spreads across Hong Kong's New Territories in 24th weekend of unrest

Police fired tear gas and water cannon to break up rallies as activists blocked roads and trashed shopping malls across Hong Kong`s New Territories and Kowloon peninsula on Sunday during the 24th straight weekend of anti-government unrest.

Nov 11, 2019, 21:37 PM IST

Hong Kong police open fire wounding protester

Video footage showed a protester lying in a pool of blood with his eyes wide open. Police also pepper-sprayed and subdued a woman nearby as plastic crates were thrown at officers, the video shared on social media showed. Reuters could not immediately authenticate the footage.

Nov 11, 2019, 08:44 AM IST

Death of Hong Kong student likely to trigger further protests

Chow Tsz-lok, 22, an undergraduate at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (UST), died of injuries he suffered early on Monday when he fell from the third to the second floor of a parking lot during a police dispersal operation.

Nov 08, 2019, 14:47 PM IST

Hong Kong braces for protests as two critical after weekend clashes

Riot police stormed several shopping malls on Sunday, including Cityplaza, packed with families and children in the eastern suburb of Taikoo Shing.

Nov 04, 2019, 10:48 AM IST

Hong Kong's Lam to discuss helping people to live and work in mainland China

Carrie Lam, despised by pro-democracy protesters in the former British colony, will arrive in Beijing on Tuesday for a meeting the next day of the "leading group" for developing the Greater Bay Area of southern China.

Nov 03, 2019, 14:41 PM IST

Hong Kong police fire tear gas to break up Halloween party protests

Police also used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters, many dressed in black and wearing now-banned face masks, in Nathan Road, one of the main arteries of Kowloon on the other side of the harbour.

Oct 31, 2019, 20:47 PM IST

Hong Kong extradition bill officially withdrawn, but move unlikely to end unrest

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam had said many times the bill was as good as dead and said that other demands, including universal suffrage and an amnesty for all those charged with rioting, were beyond her control.

Oct 23, 2019, 19:11 PM IST

Hong Kong extradition bill officially killed but move unlikely to end unrest

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam had said many times the bill was as good as dead.

Oct 23, 2019, 13:39 PM IST

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to visit Japan after huge rally, night of violence

Early on Monday, Hong Kong embarked on a massive clean-up after a largely peaceful protest degenerated into violence across districts on the Kowloon peninsula, where protesters torched stores and sprayed graffiti on roads, amid skirmishes with police.

Oct 21, 2019, 08:55 AM IST

Hong Kong leader offers no olive branch as jeers force her to abandon address

Carrie Lam, who had to broadcast the annual address via a video link after the rowdy scenes in the Legislative Council, had hoped to try to restore confidence in her administration after four months of often violent anti-government and anti-China protests.

Oct 16, 2019, 19:24 PM IST

Hong Kong protests: Xi Jinping warns attempts to divide China will end in 'crushed bones'

Chinese President Xi Jinping has issued a stern warning against dissent as protests continue in Hong Kong, saying any attempt to divide China will end in "crushed bodies and shattered bones". His comments came during a state visit to Nepal on Sunday, the BBC reported citing China`s state broadcaster CCTV.

Oct 14, 2019, 23:45 PM IST

Does this terracotta tablet from around 1,000 BCE depict Lord Krishna and Arjuna?

A nine-cm wide terracotta artifact lies in Hong Kong, in the possession of an art dealer, but the inferences and interpretations from it could possibly lead to interesting revelations about the time period of the Indian epic Mahabharata and its occurrence.

Oct 14, 2019, 21:34 PM IST