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China backs Hong Kong leader after recording of her wanting to quit emerges

An audio recording recently emerged of Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam saying she wanted to quit over three months of unrest in the semi-autonomous city

Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters block airport routes after violent night

Flights had so far not been disrupted, and riot police were deployed inside the terminals.

Worst Hong Kong clash in months as protesters hurl petrol bombs at police

Police dispersed crowds with water cannon as the night spiralled into a cat-and-mouse chase across the city, with police making numerous arrests

Hong Kong unrest: Protesters plan to disrupt airport after night of chaos

Protest organisers have urged the public to overwhelm road and rail links to the airport on Sunday and Monday, potentially disrupting flights

Telegram to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters against monitoring

Telegram allows users to search for other users by uploading phone numbers

Hong Kong police arrest 29 after overnight clashes, more protests planned

The protests, which started over a now-suspended extradition bill and have evolved into demands for greater democracy, have rocked Hong Kong for three months

Hong Kong police fire tear gas at demonstrators as protests rage on

It was the first use of tear gas in 10 days after a series of mostly peaceful demonstrations in the former British colony

Hong Kong braces for fresh anti-govt protests as activists target airport

The Airport Authority published a half-page notice in newspapers urging young people to 'love Hong Kong'

The man who 'orchestrated' Hong Kong protests & got into trouble with China

China's relentless campaign of vilification against Lai took a particularly nasty turn last week when his name was purged from genealogical records of his family across the border in southern China

YouTube shuts 210 channels trying to sow political discord in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is in the grip of an unprecedented political crisis

Hong Kong turmoil could trigger world recession, warns Harvard economist

The academic's warning comes days after Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said Hong Kong's crisis is on his global worry list

From KPMG to Cathay, China warns global CEOs to fall in line on Hong Kong

Cathay, Hong Kong's flagship airline, has become a symbol of what happens when a company is judged to have crossed China's red lines

Trump warns China against 'Tiananmen Square' like crackdown in Hong Kong

China's 1989 crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square saw tanks sent in to end student-led protests, resulting in hundreds if not thousands of deaths

'Be cautious': China warns Canada to stop meddling in Hong Kong

Canada and the EU issued a joint statement on Saturday saying the right of peaceful assembly is enshrined in basic law in Hong Kong

Alibaba and the $15 bn question: Amid Hong Kong protests, when to list?

More than 10 weeks of confrontations between police and pro-democracy protesters have plunged Hong Kong into its worst crisis

Hong Kongers brave thunderstorms to take part in more anti-govt rallies

The tenor of clashes has intensified this week

China urges Hong Kong to punish demonstrators who break the law

Sunday will mark the return of mass protests organized by the Civil Human Rights Front

China slams 'terrorist-like' attacks by Hong Kong protesters; US concerned

US State Department said it was "deeply concerned" by the apparent troop movements

Satellite photos show Chinese armoured personnel carriers near Hong Kong

Chinese state media have said only the exercises had been planned before and were not directly related to the unrest

Two countries, one system

China struggles with its own regional 'special status' issue