Hong Kong’s leader aborts annual policy speech amid protestsCarrie Lam’s inability to deliver address marks major climbdown for chief executiveWed Oct 16 2019 - 15:09
Violent imagery of ‘bodies smashed’ used in Beijing warning to Hong KongXi Jinping cautions protesters and ‘external forces that support the splitting of China’Mon Oct 14 2019 - 17:52
Wealthy Hong Kong investors applying for Irish visasSharp rise in queries about immigrant investor programme since violent protests have swept the financial hubMon Oct 14 2019 - 04:16
Hong Kong: Apple removes police tracker app from online storeTech giant acts in wake of harsh criticism from Chinese media and online platformsThu Oct 10 2019 - 17:43
China criticises Apple for app tracking police actions in Hong KongHKmap.live compiles information on vehicles, tear gas, armed police and clash sitesWed Oct 09 2019 - 18:58
How politicised tweet fouled National Basketball AssociationChengdu Letter: Houston Rockets manager’s support for Hong Kong prompts costly banTue Oct 08 2019 - 20:00
Hong Kong protesters vent fury at colonial-era emergency powersPetrol bombs and tear gas fired amid PLA warning as the violence continues to escalateSun Oct 06 2019 - 18:58
Hong Kong leader bans protesters from wearing masksBoy (14) shot in leg in one of many clashes to erupt in beleaguered city after ban beginsFri Oct 04 2019 - 19:53
‘Liberate Hong Kong’: Voices of the people echo throughout cityOnce widely praised for order and efficiency, city is now bitterly divided by violence and politicsFri Oct 04 2019 - 17:06
Teenager shot by police in Hong Kong charged with riotingGovernment to invoke colonial-era law to ban use of face masks in effort to restore orderThu Oct 03 2019 - 15:20
Anger and shock in Hong Kong in aftermath of violent protestsTeenage demonstrator still critically injured after being shot by police on TuesdayWed Oct 02 2019 - 17:45
Pro-democracy lawmakers condemn police as shooting convulses Hong KongTeenage protester critical as clashes mar march in territory on Communist Party anniversaryTue Oct 01 2019 - 20:08
Further arrests in Hong Kong as massive parade planned for TuesdayPolice warn that protesters are about to commit acts ‘one step closer to terrorism’Mon Sept 30 2019 - 20:52
Violent clashes in Hong Kong on eve of China’s 70th birthdayChaos erupts during march organised to denounce ‘China’s tyranny’Sun Sept 29 2019 - 21:10
After the Dalai Lama: How China is trying to take control of his successionCommunist Party gears up to dictate who will be reincarnated as the next Dalai LamaFri Sept 20 2019 - 20:00
Taiwan’s richest man pulls out of presidential raceBillionaire Terry Gou’s withdrawal could help unite pro-Beijing opposition partyTue Sept 17 2019 - 18:34
Elaborate shutdown in Beijing ahead of 70th anniversary paradeHotel guests stuck in buildings and racing pigeons banned before October 1st celebrationsMon Sept 16 2019 - 14:17
Hong Kong protesters look to Britain for help after violent weekendFears of escalating tensions as sensitive Chinese anniversary approachesSun Sept 15 2019 - 18:12
‘How can we stop now?’ Hong Kong protests enter 15th weekCarrie Lam’s withdrawal of the tabled extradition Bill was only one of five demands being called for by demonstratorsFri Sept 13 2019 - 17:18
Cathay Pacific’s Hong Kong to Dublin flights shelved until end MarchAirline suffering from the protracted demonstrations in Asian financial centreThu Sept 12 2019 - 15:35
Searching for a quiet beer under the watchful eye of China's policeForeign journalists cannot go out alone in Xinjiang, despite its status as ‘China’s safest province’Tue Aug 20 2019 - 17:12
Chaotic scenes at Hong Kong airport as protesters clash with policeFlights cancelled for second day as demonstrators use trolleys to barricade check-in countersTue Aug 13 2019 - 19:05
Hong Kong airport shut down as protesters flood terminalBeijing claims ongoing demonstrations beginning to show signs of ‘terrorism’Mon Aug 12 2019 - 19:35
View from the Irish pub, Hong Kong: ‘The mood is nasty now’Some of Hong Kong’s 5,000 Irish residents compare life in the protest-hit city with homeSun Aug 11 2019 - 06:00
Beijing warns Hong Kong protesters ‘those who play with fire will perish’Warning comes after arrests of 148 protesters on Monday following clashes with policeTue Aug 06 2019 - 18:11
Chinese political cartoonist Badiucao on living in fear and revealing his identityThe artist hopes raising his profile online will provide protection for him and his workTue Aug 06 2019 - 06:00
Strikes plunge Hong Kong into chaos as leader refuses to step downCarrie Lam says protests have brought city close to ‘dangerous situation’ as 82 arrestedMon Aug 05 2019 - 22:13
Beijing issues warning as Hong Kong braces for general strikeRiot police use tear gas as city-wide escalation of the nine-week demonstrations continuesMon Aug 05 2019 - 00:00
Inside China’s detention centres: War on terror or cultural genocide?An estimated 1.5m people live in the camps. Are they really there voluntarily?Sat Aug 03 2019 - 06:00
Hong Kong civil servants mount extraordinary anti-government rallyCall on all members to go on a general strike despite warnings of severe repercussionsFri Aug 02 2019 - 19:04
Hong Kong: Lennon and Lenin locked in posthumous ideological battle‘Lennon Walls’ become violent flashpoints as well as potent symbols of resilient protestThu Jul 11 2019 - 17:45
Hong Kong protesters vow to step up efforts despite leader’s climbdownActivists not satisfied by Carrie Lam’s declaration that extradition Bill is ‘dead’Tue Jul 09 2019 - 11:22
Hong Kong protesters plan next move amid police stand-offSeveral activists were left bloodied in the scuffles during latest extradition Bill protestsMon Jul 08 2019 - 18:06
Six people arrested at Kowloon protest in Hong KongProtesters try to raise awareness among mainland Chinese visitors about political crisisMon Jul 08 2019 - 06:31
Fresh clashes in Hong Kong as protesters reach out to Chinese touristsRiot police baton-charge hundreds who refused to disperse following latest marchSun Jul 07 2019 - 19:28
Anger and anarchy: Hong Kong’s summer of discontent‘We have nothing left to lose,’ shouted Hong Kong’s desperate, disenfranchised protestorsSat Jul 06 2019 - 06:00
China lodges protest with UK over ‘fantasising’ Jeremy HuntAnger in Beijing at Tory leadership contender’s comments on Hong Kong unrestWed Jul 03 2019 - 16:14
Hong Kong: Police fire tear gas to disperse protesters after day of chaosDemonstrators spray graffiti, smash pictures after breaking into government headquartersMon Jul 01 2019 - 21:39
Ireland-China business booms as 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations markedTrade betwee the two has more than doubled in past five years, says Irish ambassadorSun Jun 30 2019 - 14:44
Beijing and Washington spar ahead of G20 summit in JapanTariff friction continues as two sides prepare to face offThu Jun 27 2019 - 16:32
Hong Kong activists appeal to world leaders ahead of G20Protesters urge leaders to take up concerns over extradition Bill with China’s presidentWed Jun 26 2019 - 15:38
Hong Kong protesters block roads over new extradition BillStudent groups demand release of those detained after last week’s demonstrationsFri Jun 21 2019 - 10:30
China’s U-turn on Hong Kong extradition Bill expected to have a priceCalls for Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam to step down from ‘impossible’ job with two mastersTue Jun 18 2019 - 19:02
Hong Kong government apologises after huge protestsCall for general strike as millions demand Lam’s resignation over extradition BillSun Jun 16 2019 - 20:47
Beijing must find ways to assuage Hong Kongers’ anger and fearAnalysis: Using heavy-handed tactics already utilised in China will make a bad situation much worseThu Jun 13 2019 - 18:22
Hong Kong police fire rubber bullets at protestersRunning battles after tens of thousands demonstrate peacefully against proposed extradition lawWed Jun 12 2019 - 11:55
Chinese media blames ‘foreign forces’ for huge Hong Kong protestsLeader Carrie Lam defends extradition Bill that critics say will empower BeijingMon Jun 10 2019 - 18:48
China cosies up to Russia as trade war escalates with USVladimir Putin says relationship with China at ‘an unprecedentedly high level’Sun Jun 09 2019 - 18:57
Hong Kong protest expected to attract hundreds of thousandsVigil to commemorate Tiananmen crackdown and protest against extradition BillFri Jun 07 2019 - 18:48
Encouraged to forget: Tiananmen Square 30 years onMany died in China on June 4th, 1989. Collective amnesia engulfs the massacreTue Jun 04 2019 - 02:00
