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Coronavirus: Hong Kong health workers to strike in China border row as deaths pass 300 | Global development
Thousands of Hong Kong medical workers have voted to go on strike, calling for the government to close the border with mainland China, as the death toll from the Coronavirus outbreak rose to 304. The financial hub had 13 confirmed cases of the disease as of Saturday, with 112 patients isolated. Across China, there were …
Coronavirus Live Updates: Hong Kong Restricts Travel From Mainland China as Infections Exceed 4,500
Death toll exceeds 100 as number of infections skyrockets. The outbreak of a mysterious new virus is rapidly spreading, the Chinese authorities said on Tuesday, as the official account of known cases jumped nearly 60 percent overnight and the death toll exceeded 100 for the first time. ◆ China said on Tuesday that 106 people …
Hong Kong declares emergency and closes schools
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Saturday her government is raising its response level to the highest level – emergency – and closing schools for two weeks, as authorities rush to contain the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The outbreak, which started in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, has left 41 people dead in China. The …
First case of SARS-like virus in Hong Kong – sources
Hong Kong has recorded its first case of the new mysterious SARS-like coronavirus from China, according to sources. A mainland passenger arrived on the G5607 Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link train in Hong Kong at 7:54pm on Tuesday with signs of a fever, a spokesperson for the MTR Corporation (MTRC) told HKFP. The man told Department of Health officials that …
Hong Kong police arrest protesters in shopping mall
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police arrested about a dozen protesters and used pepper spray on Saturday to break up a protest in a shopping mall aimed at disrupting retail businesses near the border with mainland China. Demonstrators have been targeting malls across Hong Kong since earlier this week and more than a hundred protesters, many dressed in …
Hong Kong protests test Beijing’s ‘foreign meddling’ narrative
Image copyright Getty Images A few months ago a Chinese official asked me if I thought foreign powers were fomenting Hong Kong’s social unrest. “To get so many people to come to the streets,” he mused, “must take organisation, a big sum of money and political resources.” Since then, the protests sparked at the beginning …
Hong Kong protests: Pro-democracy movement keeps up pressure with mass march
Tens of thousands of protesters of all ages began assembling at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay at 3 p.m. (2 a.m. ET) under bright blue skies. Many in the crowd could be seen carrying large banners, bearing slogans such as “Free Hong Kong.” By late afternoon, parts of the city had come to a complete …
China threatens ‘strong counter-measures’ after Hong Kong bill signings
Chinese President Xi Jinping chats with President Donald Trump during a welcome ceremony in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017. AP Photo | Andy Wong China threatened to retaliate after President Donald Trump signed two bills into law in support of Hong Kong protesters. “China firmly opposes Hong Kong Act. We have made stern representations & …
Hong Kong protesters plan Thanksgiving rally after Trump signs pro-democracy bill
Pro-democracy candidate Jimmy Sham, right, celebrates with a supporter after winning his election in the Sha Tin district, early November 25. “Today’s result represents (my constituency’s) support to protesters. The government should immediately establish the Five Demands and respond to the public’s voices,” Sham posted on Facebook, referencing a longstanding protest slogan. Pro-democracy candidate James …
President Trump signs Hong Kong human rights act
The US has long maintained a special trading relationship with Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous territory where mass protests have erupted continuously since June over perceived infringement on its autonomy by Beijing, among a host of other issues. The new law will require the US to annually confirm that Hong Kong’s special freedoms are being maintained …
