Hong Kong

As the pro-democracy Occupy campaign drags on, tensions grow — even inside the family.  Let’s call it generation gap. Youngsters believe they have to stand up and fight for their future. Parents insist that their children’s duty...

A former senior representative of Beijing said the Occupy protests in Hong Kong fall short of a “color revolution.” Zhang Junsheng, deputy director of Xinhua News Agency from 1987 to 1998, said only large-scale movements like...

During a visit to Hong Kong in September, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong lost no time comparing notes with Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on a range of issues such as education, housing and public transport.  While being subtle...

Guy Fawkes has just made an appearance in the Hong Kong street protests. But the failed 16th century English plotter was just a mask of himself when his likeness sprang up in Admiralty, Causeway Bay and...

Last year, 1871 dogs and 222 cats were abandoned by their owners in Hong Kong, according to data from the city’s Agriculture, Fisheries, Conservation Department (AFCD). Most of the abandoned animals, unfortunately, end up being put...

Hong Kong-born Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou affirmed his support for the Occupy protests during a recent interview with the New York Times. It came after a sternly worded statement from the Chinese State Council’s Taiwan Affairs...

You must remember her. Nancy Kissel was a rich Hong Kong housewife before her husband’s murder by her hand 11 years ago thrust her into world notoriety. Convicted by two juries for the killing which came...

Former Hong Kong chief secretary Rafael Hui was described as a man who lived beyond his means and the co-defendants in his corruption trial as “cheats” during closing arguments by the prosecution Wednesday. Lead prosecutor David...

Hong Kong’s Complaints Against Police Office has received 1,328 cases as of Wednesday on conflicts between the police and the Occupy protesters since the demonstrations began in late September. Thirty-four of the cases have been passed over to the...

Civic Party lawmaker Claudia Mo on Wednesday asked the Legislative Council to use its special powers to investigate Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying over his HK$50 million (US$6.5 million) deal with Australian engineering firm UGL in late 2011, RTHK...

Anyone who assists or persuades others to participate in the illegal occupation of streets, including through donations, might be breaking the law, Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok said. Speaking at a Legislative Council meeting on Wednesday, Lai said...

The pro-Beijing New People’s Party has proposed that the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS), the student group leading the pro-democracy protest, should be given places on the nominating committee that will choose the candidates for chief...

The Chinese ambassador to the United States has implied that the US State Department is involved in the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, an allegation that Washington has strongly denied. “There are individuals and groups in...

By now cardboard cutouts of Chinese President Xi Jinping holding up a yellow umbrella are a common sight in the protest zones in Mong Kok, Admiralty and Causeway Bay.  But it’s not just the pro-democracy activists who...

Japanese cartoon characters including Doraemon, Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece, and Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro have taken up residence at the Occupy Central site in Admiralty since Monday night. They all wear yellow ribbons and...

The two student groups driving the democracy protests have emerged as a potent force with their tenacity in fighting for genuine democracy. With growing public support, student activist group Scholarism and the Hong Kong Federation of...

The spirit of “I want genuine universal suffrage” remains alive after a banner bearing those words was removed from Lion Rock last month. A similar banner, which said “Macau wants genuine universal suffrage, too” in both...

Pro-Beijing sociologist Lau Siu-kai said a recent survey by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which showed that 73 percent of the respondents wanted the Occupy campaign to end as soon as possible, was not at all surprising...

The Umbrella Movement is now in an ideal state of dynamic stability in which students can extend or pull back their front line, be responsive and provide feedback to each other and promptly adjust their strategies...

The fight for genuine universal suffrage is spilling over into Victoria Park where pro-democracy students and political parties plan to sell items carrying the message of their protest movement in the 2015 Lunar New Year Fair,...