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Pompeo, Hong Kong businessman discuss controversial extradition bill
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jul 9 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo met with Hong Kong-based businessman Jimmy Lai here on Monday and discussed the controversial extradition bill and the status of the former British colony's autonomy.
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Hong Kong: Fresh protests erupt on anniversary of handover to China
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 1 (ANI): Clashes erupted between the state police and protesters, who tried to storm the Legislative Council here on Monday, the 20th anniversary the former British colony's return to China.
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Communism slowly chokes Hong Kong
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], Oct 4 (ANI): Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997 on the premise of the "one country, two systems" framework. However, there is growing frustration in the former British colony as that policy inexorably heads towards "one country, one system".
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Xi warns Hong Kong of crossing 'red line' by challenging Beijing
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China] , July 1 (ANI): China's President Xi Jinping has warned the people of Hong Kong not "to challenge the power of the central government" as it will be considered an act of crossing a red line which is "absolutely impermissible," as the former Britis
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Xi arrives in Hong Kong under unprecedented security cover
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], June 29 (ANI): Amid huge protests and security threats, Chinese President Xi Jinping landed at Hong Kong International Airport on Thursday under an unprecedented security blanket to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the former British colony's return to China.
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Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement activist convicted for protesting
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing, July 21 (ANI): A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted Joshua Wong, the teenage activist who was one of the most recognisable faces of the city's umbrella movement protests, guilty of "illegal assembly" in the former British colony.
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