Clashes took place between police and demonstrators at Hong Kong International Airport yesterday night, with pepper spray being fired in the airport...
NPP legislator Hung Tzu-yung held a press conference to announce that she would be withdrawing from the party to run for reelection as an independent this afternoon...
Thousands of demonstrators crowded into Hong Kong International Airport today in protest of yesterday’s police violence against demonstrators, thought by some to be the highest level of violence in the ten weeks of demonstrations to date. Despite high tension regarding possible police actions, most demonstrators eventually withdrew from the airport by the early evening...
Handy Chiu surprised today by announcing his resignation as chair of the NPP at a press conference held around 1 PM today. The announcement came with little advance warning, taking many by surprise. What does this bode for the future of the NPP?...
Brutal scenes of violence took place in Hong Kong yesterday, with what some suspect to have been the highest level of police violence in demonstrations to date. Notably, a female medic is also thought to have lost her eye after being hit with a bean bag fired by police, with parts of her face also shattering, and tear gas was fired inside of an underground MTR station. Calls are now on the rise for an occupation of Hong Kong International Airport, to disrupt the operations of the airport as a whole, to take place this afternoon...
The Daguan community was dismantled with little fanfare earlier this month, putting an end to a struggle by residents against eviction and urban renewal which had gone on for several years...
Taiwanese fruit and bubble tea chain Yifang Fruit Tea provoked ire earlier this week after its WeChat and Weibo account posted a message condemning the current demonstrations in Hong Kong, labeling them as “violent”, and emphasizing support for “One Country, Two Systems"...
Protests in Hong Kong took a turn toward the playful on Wednesday, with protesters pointing hundreds, perhaps thousands of laser pointers at the Hong Kong Space Museum in what was billed as a session of “star gazing”. As the night went on, the protest eventually became a dance party. At the same time, rhetoric against protests from China and the pro-Beijing camp has notably escalated in the last few days...
The China Film Administration announced yesterday that it was banning participation by members of the Chinese film industry in this year’s Golden Horse Awards...