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Trump approves legislation backing Hong Kong protesters
US President Donald Trump yesterday signed into law congressional legislation backing protesters in Hong Kong despite angry objections from Beijing, with which he is seeking a deal to end a damaging trade war. The legislation, approved unanimously by the US
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Hong Kong university siege winds down as hunt for protesters comes up empty
As the final searches for any pro-democracy protesters still hiding in Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University came up empty today, academic authorities prepared for the clean up following a near two-week siege of the campus by riot police. Police still guarded
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Major highway reopens, Hong Kong authorities appeal for calm
One of Hong Kong’s main highway links, the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, reopened early today as a lockdown of the nearby Polytechnic University appeared to be drawing to a close with teams still combing the campus for remaining protesters. Hong Kong authorities
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China sets up HK crisis centre in mainland, may replace chief liaison
HONG KONG/SHENZHEN: Tightening control over efforts to manage the upheaval in Hong Kong, the Chinese leadership has set up a crisis command centre on the mainland side of the border and is considering replacing its official liaison to the restive
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Hong Kong democrats cheer landslide victory in local elections
Hong Kong’s democrats romped to a landslide and symbolic majority in district council elections after residents turned out in record numbers yesterday to vote following six months of anti-government protests in the embattled city. In a rare weekend lull in
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Campus siege nears end as Hong Kong gears up for election
A Hong Kong university campus under siege for more than a week was a deserted wasteland today, with a handful of protesters holed up in hidden refuges across the trashed grounds, as the city’s focus turned to local elections. The
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Hong Kong protesters surrender as university siege staggers on
At least eight protesters who had been holding out at a trashed Hong Kong university surrendered to police in the early hours today, while others desperately searched for escape routes as riot officers surrounded the campus. The siege at the
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Hong Kong students’ sewer escape thwarted
HONG KONG: Some anti-government protesters trapped inside a Hong Kong university yesterday tried to flee through the sewers, where one student said she saw snakes, but firemen prevented further escape bids by blocking a manhole into the system. Reuters witnesses
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Hong Kong campus protest, options fade as US bill angers China
The last band of anti-government protesters trapped inside a besieged Hong Kong university were weighing a narrowing range of options early today as police outside appeared ready to simply wait them out. Reuters’ witnesses said fewer than 100 protesters remained
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US Senate passes Hong Kong rights bill backing protesters
The US Senate, in a unanimous vote, passed a legislation yesterday aimed at protecting human rights in Hong Kong amid a crackdown on pro-democracy protest movement that has gripped the Chinese-ruled financial centre for months. Following the voice vote by
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