Story Archive
2019-06-14
Ambassador Zhao Jianhua promises swift action if the Chinese vessel involved in the incident is found to be at fault.
2019-06-14
Several members of chief executive Carrie Lam's cabinet now say the government should at least delay the extradition law changes.
2019-06-14
Activists are petitioning officials in the U.S. and Taipei to impose immigration curbs on Hong Kong officials who support renditions to China.
2019-06-13
Beijing claims it didn't propose changes to Hong Kong's extradition laws, and hits out at US, EU responses.
2019-06-13
Thailand was pressured by Beijing to file charges, rights groups, and the Falun Gong-linked Sound of Hope allege.
2019-06-13
Beijing says incident at Recto Bank in the South China Sea was an accident.
2019-06-13
Pro-democracy politicians say the plan to allow the rendition of alleged criminal suspects to face trial in mainland China should be withdrawn.
2019-06-12
The city's legislature is forced to abandon a debate on allowing the rendition of alleged suspects to mainland China.
2019-06-12
Vietnamese-flagged vessel rescues 22 fishermen, Manila’s defense chief says.
2019-06-11
Surveillance aircraft being financed through “security assistance funding, and not national funds,” official says.
2019-06-11
Peng Yonghe is beaten and his cell phone stolen, along with a warning to withdraw as Wang Mo's defense attorney.
2019-06-11
Pro-democracy lawmakers and rights activists are calling on people to strike, boycott class, and shut down businesses to surround the legislature ahead of the debate.
2019-06-10
Taiwan's president and leading political figures say Beijing's 'one country, two systems' formula must be utterly rejected by Taiwanese people.
2019-06-10
Police fired pepper spray, tear gas and used batons to quell protesters angry at the government's refusal to alter course.
2019-06-09
The Hong Kong government refuses to back down over the controversial plan, as police clash with protesters who refuse to leave.
2019-06-07
Banners opposing changes to the law, to allow alleged suspects to be sent to face trial in mainland China, are seen across the city.
2019-06-07
The US has been responding to calls from the democratic island's president for military support in the face of China's ambition for 'unification.'
2019-06-06
Unmanned aircraft are being used for maritime surveillance and to track movements of southern militants, one official says.
2019-06-06
A former professor is on the run after talking about the number of dead, while a rights activist is incommunicado after setting out for Beijing.
2019-06-06
Lawyers say the government's claims that legal safeguards will protect alleged criminal suspects requested by China are meaningless.
2019-06-05
The Liberty Sculpture Park was conceived by artist Chen Weiming as a temporary home for monuments that will one day return to China.
2019-06-05
Political activist Ray Wong says his lawyer uncovered references to pressure from the Chinese government in official German emails in his case files.
2019-06-04
A low-cost rollout provides an enticing solution to infrastructure limitations, but comes with risks.
2019-06-04
Thirty years after the massacre of unarmed civilians by China's People's Liberation Army, the relatives of those who died say the government has turned a deaf ear to their demands.
2019-06-04
Bloody 1989 crackdown “halted any attempts at democratizing” Chinese society, protesters claim.
2019-06-04
Turnout is likely boosted by public anger over plans to allow the rendition of criminal suspects to mainland China.
2019-06-04
Bao Tong, former aide to late ousted Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang, says that the Tiananmen massacre hinged on an apparent change of heart from then-supreme leader Deng Xiaoping.
2019-06-03
President Tsai Ing-wen says the road to democracy has been an arduous one for Taiwan, but urges China to take it as well.
2019-06-03
Feng Congde is turned away after trying to attend an annual vigil on the 30th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 massacre.
