Page 8 - Hong Kong Protests

China deploys PLA troops in Hong Kong for first time since protests

It was also the first time in over a year that the PLA local garrison has been involved in the public community work

Alibaba calls off investor luncheon for Hong Kong share sale amid unrest

The e-commerce company is conducting investor meetings by phone rather than in person for its planned new share sale, citing logistics and safety concerns

Clean-up begins in Hong Kong after week of chaos and destruction

Their "Blossom Everywhere" campaign of roadblocks, vandalism and protest across the semi-autonomous financial hub shut down large chunks of the train network

'Support the police!' Pro-China protesters rally amid Hong Kong unrest

Pro-China protesters have gathered before, but in far smaller numbers than those angry at Communist Party rulers in Beijing

Hong Kong Minister hurt during pro-democracy protests; elderly worker dies

Hong Kong has seen relentless protests since June as many in the city of 7.5 million people have vented fury at eroding freedoms under Chinese rule

Protests, trade war plunge Hong Kong into recession, GDP shrinks 3.2%

From a year earlier, the economy contracted 2.9%, also in line with the preliminary reading

Need to end chaos, restore order in Hong Kong: Xi breaks silence on unrest

Hong Kong is rocked by unprecedented pro-democracy protests for over five months and in the past few weeks they grew violent, bringing the international financial centre virtually to a grinding halt.

Hong Kong protests not all that dazzling for India's jewellery industry

India's gem & jewellery industry exports a third of its diamonds to Hong Kong

Chinese students flee Hong Kong as campuses turn into battlegrounds

Fears intensified this week because of a widely circulated video of a mainland student being beaten by protesters at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

New wave of chaos hits Hong Kong as protesters launch 'blossom everywhere'

The already tense atmosphere escalated on Monday when a police officer shot an unarmed 21-year-old protester, leaving him in a critical condition.

Chaos in Hong Kong continues as pro-democracy protests turn more violent

Morning commuters were faced with closed metro stations, a suspended rail line and dozens of cancelled bus services

Hong Kong universities become 'battlefields' as citywide violence spreads

The epicentre was the Chinese University of Hong Kong where the usually placid hillside grounds were turned into a battlefield

Jewellery exports dip 5.4% in Oct over trade war, Hong Kong protests

The exports stood at Rs 26,010.87 crore in October 2018, according to data given by the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC)

Hong Kong police shoot protester, detain two as video goes live on Facebook

Footage showed a police officer drawing his sidearm in the district of Sai Wan Ho as he tried to detain a masked person at a junction that had been blocked by protesters

Hong Kong protest: Investors bank on Alibaba listing to restore economy

The index finished the session down 2.6%. It has declined 1.3% since the protests first flared up in the second week of June, versus 6% gains in the MSCI All-Country World Index.

Hong Kong protesters vandalise subway station, mall after student's death

Hong Kong is in the sixth month of protests that began in June over a proposed extradition law and have expanded to include demands for greater democracy and other grievances

Fresh wave of outrage in Hong Kong as student injured during protests dies

Chow was taken unconscious to hospital early on Monday morning following late-night clashes between police and protesters in a middle-class district

Hong Kong business activity shrinks at fastest pace in 21 yrs amid protests

More than five months of often violent street protests have battered the city's retail and tourism sector

Hong Kong: Even violent unrest fails to dampen the city's property demand

Just a five-minute drive from Admiralty, tensions ran high as thousands of black-clad demonstrators gathered in Victoria Park chanting anti-government slogans

Democracy in retreat a myth, it is asserting itself in the streets

For, if democracy means rule of the people, and a demand for social equality, then we are witnessing its flowering in the most populous parts of the world