[email protected]: U.S. Markets are up as much as 21% since the announcement of Tariffs on 3/1/2018 - and the U.S. is taking in massive amounts of money (and giving some to our farmers, who have been targeted by China)
10 month agoPutin and Xi Jinping launched the "Power of Siberia" natural gas pipeline from Russia to China
US actions in relation to China are detrimental not only to Beijing's interests, but also to the entire world trading system - Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev
China says it will suspend U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong and sanction a range of pro-democracy groups in retaliation for Congress' passage of legislation supporting human rights in the semi-autonomous territory
10 month agoIndonesian helper Yuli Riswati, an award-winning writer who's covered the antiELAB protests, will be deported this afternoon. She was arrested & detained for overstaying her visa. Her supporters protested outside Immigratoon Tower & called Yuli's treatment political persecution
10 month agoHKPolice in Hung Hom Whampoa Sunday night were spotted wearing black helmets which had the Five-starred Red Flag of China adhered onto the back side.
10 month agoAdvertising sector beginning a week-long strike in support of anti-government protests with a rally in Chater Garden.
10 month agoWorkers in advertising industry begin week-long strike w a protest at Chater Garden followed by 'Design w You' activities to promote pro-democracy orgs & businesses. Also: from 1pm, lunchtime protests in Cheung Sha Wan, Tai Koo & Kowloon Bay
10 month agoPolice vehicles leaving Nathan Road Argyle St. The final van is hit by a projectile, to a rousing cheer from the people. 5 mins previously another van was hit the same way, got the same cheer. Neither stopped
10 month agoHong Kong Police moved on to block a footbridge in Whampoa, which is a private residential area. Unhappy residents wanted a reason, but couldn't get one. They then mocked the officers for being the best "election campaigners" by upsetting people in the area #HongKongProtests
10 month agoPolice operations have migrated to nearby Hung Hom and Whampoa Gardens.
10 month agoSeveral dozen riot police have just cleared protesters from the bridge over Cross-Harbor Tunnel. Protesters retreated without resistance
10 month agoIn Tsim Sha Tsui, hundreds of protesters are climbing over the partition separating a highway and a footbridge as they fear the police are fast approaching. Video: SCMP/Lilian Cheng
10 month agoProtesters have counted over 100 vans of riot police parked under Fortune Metropolis mall, 300m from Cross-Harbor Tunnel. As of now, only several hundred officers are patrolling out on the streets in the vicinity
10 month agoRiot police are telling people gathering outside the newly reopened Hong Kong Museum of Art that they are at an "illegal assembly". When did hanging outside an art museum become illegal Some of Hong Kong's most important artworks are housed inside HKMoA. #HongKongProtests
10 month agoCollection of tear gas earlier fired by police, some suspected to be from mainland China. Police claimed the organiser said the rally has already come to an end. #hongkongprotests
10 month agoStandoff for now. Pepper spray was deployed earlier though unclear at whom and why
10 month agoBlue flag on Nathan Road
10 month agoCrowds joining from Nathan Road as well
10 month agoBlue flag raised at junction of Nathan Rd and Salisbury Rd. police said rally goers took a route that was not approved. Demanding them to go back to approved route. Warning use of force otherwise
10 month agoHundreds if not thousands of people already beginning to march from the TST Clocktower. #HongKongProtests
10 month agoAt Salisbury Road, riot police stop protesting crowds from marching onto the carriageway, slowing down the pace of the march with thousands waiting at the Clock Tower and the vicinity.
10 month agoThousands wait at the Tsim Sha Tsui harbour front to march to Hung Hom due to the size of the crowd half an hour after the official beginning of the march, chanting well-known protest slogans.
10 month agoA bottle of champagne is opened in Wong Tai Sin as crowds also chant protest slogans and reiterate the movement's "five demands". Photo: InMedia.
New ASPI report on AI and surveillance sheds new light on Huawei in Xinjiang: "Huawei's work in Xinjiang is extensive and includes working directly with the Chinese Government's public security bureaus in the [Xinjiang]"
10 month ago3 months since 831 incident where riot HongKongpolice stormed Prince Edward MTR stations beating and spraying g citizens and protesters. Just now, dozens of armed masked police urged people leave and clean the white flowers around the station
A rally planned in Kowloon on Sunday has been given approval by police to go ahead. The protest will march to Hung Hom where the Polytechnic University is based.
10 month agoRally at Chater Garden @ 15:40
10 month agoHundreds of people are rallying in Central's Chater Garden. Organised by secondary school students and "silver-hair" marchers, they're showing solidarity with the thousands of young people arrested during the anti-government #HongKongProtests
10 month agoAnti-government rally in Wenlou town in Guangdong
