TEHRAN, Nov 25_Hong Kong’s leader vows to “listen humbly” to the people after they turned out in record numbers and voted heavily in favor of opposition candidates in local elections, which went ahead peacefully despite months of violent protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
TEHRAN, Nov 24_The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) “dirty hands” are “all over the violence” in Hong Kong, which has been gripped by protests, rocking the autonomous Chinese city, says a political analyst.
TEHRAN, Nov 24_Large numbers of people are heading to the polls in Hong Kong to select new district councilors, during an apparent let-up in five months of protests rocking the autonomous Chinese city.
TEHRAN, Nov 24_United States national security adviser Robert O'Brien said on Saturday that an initial trade agreement with China is still possible by the end of the year, but warned President Donald Trump would not turn a blind eye to what happens in Hong Kong.
TEHRAN, Nov 14_Demonstrators in Hong Kong have taken to the streets for yet another day of protests against the government, firing arrows at police, clogging roads, and disrupting transport links.
TEHRAN, Nov 4_Officials in Hong Kong say three people have been left critically injured during yet another weekend of violent clashes between protesters and police, which prompted calls in mainland China for a “tougher” stance to end months of chaos in the Asian financial hub.
TEHRAN, oct 29_Hong Kong’s government disqualified prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong from upcoming district elections on Tuesday, a move likely to sow further discord in a city hit by five months of anti-government unrest.
TEHRAN, oct 13_Groups of individuals in Hong Kong have staged flash mob protests across the city’s shopping districts on the 19th week of unrest in the Chinese city.
TEHRAN, oct 2_Hundreds of protesters in Hong Kong have held a demonstration outside the school of an 18-year-old school student who was earlier shot in the chest by police.
TEHRAN, Sept 29_Hong Kong police fired water cannon, rubber bullets and round after round of tear gas at petrol-bomb and brick-throwing protesters on Sunday in some of the most widespread violence in more than three months of anti-government unrest.
TEHRAN, Sept 26-China has vowed to “hit back forcefully” at the United States, after the US Congress officially pushed forward legislation related to Hong Kong, a move that Beijing considers interference in its affairs.
TEHRAN, Sept 14 -Hong Kong pro-democracy activists plan sit-ins at shopping malls on Saturday after a night in which protesters took to the hills to form lantern-carrying human chains, the latest demonstrations in months of unrest in the Chinese-ruled city.
TEHRAN, Sept 03 -Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she had never asked the Chinese government to let her resign to end the Chinese-ruled city’s political crisis, responding to a Reuters report about a recording of her saying she would step down if she could.
TEHRAN, August 27-Violence in Hong Kong’s anti-government protests is becoming more serious but the government is confident it can handle the crisis itself, the embattled leader of the former British colony said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, August 21 - A Chinese national working at Britain’s Hong Kong consulate has been detained in China’s border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday, likely worsening already strained ties between Beijing and London.
TEHRAN, August 21 - A major bank warned on Wednesday that weeks of protests in Hong Kong could hit the economies of the Chinese-ruled city and mainland China itself as demonstrators headed for a sit-in at the subway site of a mid-summer mob attack.
TEHRAN, August 20 - Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has promised to “establish a platform for dialog,” following a peaceful protest in the region on Sunday.
TEHRAN, August 19 - Hong Kong is gearing up for further protests this week after hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators braved heavy rain to rally peacefully on Sunday, marking a change to what have often been violent clashes.
TEHRAN, August 18 - Thousands of school teachers joined an 11th weekend of anti-government protests in Hong Kong on Saturday, as shops pulled down their shutters and braced for another restive summer night.