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by Jerome TAYLOR / Jasmine LEUNG Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s entire mass transit rail system was suspended on Saturday after a night of violence sparked by a ban on pro-democracy protesters wearing face masks, as the government invoked emergency powers not used in more than half a century. The ban was aimed at quelling nearly four months of unrest but instead sparked widespread clashes and vows of defiance, […]
by Jerome TAYLOR / Jasmine LEUNG Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s leader announced a ban Friday on protesters wearing face masks, invoking colonial-era emergency powers, in a bid to quell months of violent anti-government unrest. Chief executive Carrie Lam said she had made the order under the Emergency Regulations Ordinances, a sweeping law that grants her the ability to make any law during a time of emergency or public […]
by Jerome TAYLOR / Yan ZHAO HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Flash-mob rallies broke out in Hong Kong Wednesday as anger mounted over police shooting a teenage protester who attacked officers in a dramatic escalation of the violent unrest that has engulfed the territory for months. Large crowds of demonstrators held unsanctioned marches through the commercial center and then in multiple districts throughout the evening, when police fired brief volleys of tear gas in one […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — As Hong Kong raged with the worst political violence so far this summer, many of those hitting the streets adopted a new symbol — smiling Guy Fawkes masks. The face coverings, made popular by the comic book and film “V for Vendetta”, have been embraced by multiple protest movements in recent years, particularly Anonymous hactivists and Occupy Wall Street. But until recently they had not made much of an appearance […]
by Helen ROXBURGH BEIJING, China (AFP) — Sun Dawu sighs sadly when asked about the death of thousands of his pigs, killed by the African swine fever outbreak that has been decimating hog herds across China. “The pig farm was completely destroyed,” he says quietly, fanning himself from the heat and flies on his large Hebei province farm outside Beijing. “It’s a painful process, it’s painful to watch them die. We buried all the dead […]
by Jerome TAYLOR / Yan ZHAO HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hundreds of Hong Kongers staged a sit-in on Monday outside the school of a protester who was shot by police as authorities said the wounded 18-year-old was in a stable condition. The international finance hub has been left reeling from the shooting, the first time a demonstrator has been struck with a live round in nearly four months of increasingly violent pro-democracy protests. Hong […]
by Ludovic Ehret and Helen Roxburgh BEIJING, China (AFP) — China put its growing military might on full display Tuesday with a parade of new ballistic missiles, supersonic drones and next-generation battlefield tanks that highlighted Beijing’s accelerating race to match the firepower of its US rival. The tightly choreographed procession across Tiananmen Square underscored a level of material and technological innovation that is increasingly viewed by many as a threat to US dominance in […]
by Jerome TAYLOR / Yan ZHAO Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Strife-torn Hong Kong on Tuesday marked the 70th anniversary of Communist China’s founding with defiant “Day of Grief” protests and fresh clashes with police as pro-democracy activists ignored a ban on marches and took to the streets. Activists are determined to overshadow Beijing’s festivities, using the anniversary to step up their nearly four months of protests pushing for greater democratic […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s Communist Party has defied the odds to retain firm control of power for 70 years, adapting to a changing world to outlast its comrades in the Soviet Union. As the People’s Republic of China celebrates its anniversary on Tuesday, here is a look at how the party has evolved over the years. Turbulent decades For almost three decades, China had its own style of rule: Maoism. Under the […]
by Laurent Thomet and Helen Roxburgh BEIJING, China (AFP) — China celebrates 70 years of Communist Party supremacy Tuesday with a parade of tanks, missiles and troops, a muscular display of its rising superpower status even as it faces an unprecedented challenge to its authority in seething Hong Kong. Authorities in Beijing have closed roads, banned the flying of kites, and shut some bars as they tightened security for an event celebrating China’s journey […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A factory fire has killed 19 people in east China, local authorities said Monday, in the latest deadly incident to hit the country’s industrial sector. The fire broke out on Sunday at a factory in Ninghai county, eastern Zhejiang province, said the local government on its official Twitter-like Weibo account. The incident, which is under investigation, occurred at a facility owned by the Ruiqi Daily Necessities Company. Among eight people rescued […]
by Jerome TAYLOR / Jasmine LEUNG HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Ripped-up paving stones lay scattered around the graffiti-scarred streets of Hong Kong after one of the most violent days in a summer of rage, as protesters ready for fresh clashes on Tuesday’s 70th anniversary of communist China’s founding. The protest-wracked financial hub witnessed its fiercest political violence in weeks on Sunday as riot police spent hours in running battles with protesters, the streets blanketed […]
