1 year agoChinese State Councilor & Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with President Ismail Omar Guelleh at Djibouti City. Wang highly praised "the historical contribution made by President Guelleh for China-Djibouti relations"
China-US ties – from Hong Kong to Xinjiang – dogged by lies, 'fake news', 'capitalist dogma', Chinese ambassador says
On the invitation of the US side, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will lead China's trade delegation to the US from Jan 13 to 15 to sign the phase one trade deal: Chinese Ministry of Commerce
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 25km WSW of Zhongcheng, China
1 year agoChief Executive CarrieLam announced law amendments to give authorities power to put patients suspected with mystery Wuhan pneumonia under mandatory quarantine. Photo: Kris Cheng/HKFP
Hong Kong protests: district council sets up task force to investigate mob attack at Yuen Long MTR station
1 year agoIraq's Prime Minister Adil Abdul al-Mahdi receives China's ambassador to Iraq, Zhang Tao conveyed Beijing's readiness to provide military assistance
1 year ago59 people have been admitted to hospital in Wuhan, China, with symptoms of a mystery pneumonia
Rubio urges US Congress to pass Uygur bill to counter Xinjiang crackdown
Reuters: Taiwan's government has helped close to 60 protesters who are seeking shelter on the island for "political" reasons since the protests started about six months ago, a senior government official with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters
Hong Kong police on Sunday arrested nearly 50 people accused of deviating from an authorised protest route in the border town of Sheung Shui amid a march against mainland Chinese shoppers and parallel traders
China replaces top envoy to Hong Kong: state media
Wang Zhimin was removed from Beijing's liaison office in Hong Kong and Lou Huining was appointed to take over the office's top post
1 year agoChief Exec. Carrie Lam visited Kowloon's Express Rail station on Fri to inspect prevention measures in response to the Wuhan pneumonia outbreak. Cases of the mystery illness in China have jumped to 27
1 year agoThousands continue to arrive at Edinburgh Place later in the evening. The protest is organised by the longstanding pro-democracy Professional Teachers' Union.
1 year agoA poster at the teachers' rally at Edinburgh Place criticises Education Secretary Kevin Yeung, saying that he talks nonsense, does not know the spirit of education, and disrespects teachers.
Pompeo maintains contacts with China and Britain and stresses Washington's commitment to reduce escalation
1 year agoPolice today said officer took off Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui's googles to pepper spray him because he was showing "passive resistance" for refusing to leave.
A 22yo man pleaded guilty today to possessing two Molotov cocktails when being stopped and searched in Tseung Kwan O on October 13, 2019, and given a year jail sentence. @appledaily_hk says it is the first such case
Two men posing as plain-clothes officers stopped and searched a 63-year-old, then robbed him of HK$210,000 in Tuen Mun on New Year's Day. Police are hunting for the two robbers.
200 office workers and protesters stage lunchtime rally a day after New Year rally cut short by police which cited public order concerns as radicals trashed banks and shops
3 human rights observers from human rights group Civil Rights Observer were among the arrested in Causeway Bay earlier last night, @HK_CRO said. It has strongly condemned the arrest as "unreasonable" and amounted to violation of Johannesburg Principles
1 year agoA Flight from Wuhan, China, where an atypical pneumonia outbreak just happened, is receiving infection containment measures upon arrival at Taiwan(). The woman filming this video said: "We are not allowed to leave this plane, this person was infected"
1 year agoA group of people walked out from where nearly 100 were subdued on Hennessy Road
1 year agoPolice say they arrested over 400 people in Causeway Bay today, including around 70 here on Hennessy Road, lined up against the wall in rows awaiting processing. Few look like hardened frontliners. This rooftop is the closest media can get to record the scene
1 year ago1 million people take part in new year march in Hong Kong today, according to organiser
1 year agoA young man suddenly arrested in Causeway Bay for no apparent reason
1 year agoAt around 8:15pm, police suddenly disembarked from several vehicles and charged towards a crowd in Causeway Bay, detaining nearly a hundred people outside Hennessy Road's Citibank. Photo: May James / HKFP.
1 year agoThe water canon vehicle is running a course through Causeway Bay, unleashing bursts of pepper spray-infused water where crowds stood (before the canon advanced) on Hennessy and Jardine. As usual, journalists and medics appear to be the only ones hit
1 year agoWater cannon deployed outside of Causeway Bay Sogo dispersing the crowd and #HongKongProtesters left from 2020 #HongKongProtests, Hong Kong Police raptors chasing after citizens
