• To celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival of 2019, Hong Kong-based studio Daydreamers Design crafted a glowing lantern-inspired. (inhabitat.com)
  • FILE - Journalists and supporters of press freedom wear black as they stage a silent march to police headquarters to denounce media treatment during a protest against extradition legislation, in Hong Kong, July 14, 2019. (voanews.com)
  • FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2019, photo, police fire water cannons at pro-democracy protesters outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong. (voanews.com)
  • Hong Kong's gross domestic product has gone from about one-third the size of China's in the 1980s to less than 3 percent in 2019, Tsang said. (voanews.com)
  • Wong -- known locally as "Grandma Wong" -- was a regular fixture of the huge democracy protests that swept Hong Kong in 2019. (ibtimes.com)
  • Thousands of protesters are occupying Hong Kong International Airport, filling the arrivals terminal of one of the world's busiest airports. (npr.org)
  • Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong joins protesters in Hong Kong on June 17th. (npr.org)
  • Protesters rally inside the arrivals hall of Hong Kong International Airport on Friday. (latimes.com)
  • Protesters were gathering at the airport for a three-day sit-in to protest against a now-suspended extradition bill and call for universal suffrage, and to raise awareness among international visitors to Hong Kong of claims of police brutality. (latimes.com)
  • Protesters hold up a banner during a demonstration at the airport in Hong Kong on Friday. (latimes.com)
  • Protesters hand leaflets to arriving passengers during a rally inside the arrivals hall of Hong Kong International Airport on Friday. (latimes.com)
  • Protesters demonstrate at the Hong Kong airport even as the city sought to reassure arriving visitors to the city after several countries issued travel safety warnings related to the increasing levels of violence surrounding the 2-month-old protest movement. (latimes.com)
  • A man looks out from the departures area as protesters rally at Hong Kong's international airport on Friday. (latimes.com)
  • Are Hong Kong's Protesters Getting Bamboozled? (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Experts tell FP that Hong Kong's government is trying to divide protesters and play for time. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The evening of Oct. 2, just minutes before a midnight deadline protesters had set for Chief Executive C.Y. Leung, the head of Hong Kong government, to resign, he held a press conference promising that his deputy, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam, would meet with protesters in the coming days. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • With confusion reigning, and protesters' collective resolve being tested, Foreign Policy asked Jessica Chen Weiss, an assistant professor of political science at Yale University who studies protest in China, and Kang Yi, an assistant professor of policy at Hong Kong Baptist University, to explain what's happening. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • In China, shrugs and sneers for Hong Kong protesters. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Inspired by Eugène Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People , the anonymous artist called Harcourt Romanticist captures Hong Kong protesters' signature hard hats, masks, and goggles. (thenation.com)
  • Protesters hold placards and shout slogans as they take part in a rally against the extradition law outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong on May 4. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Throngs of pro-democracy protesters rallied in central Hong Kong on Sunday to condemn Beijing's decision and promised there would be more protests. (cnn.com)
  • Last week, a digital artwork that contained the names of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters on a billboard in the heart of the city was taken down. (bangkokpost.com)
  • On the other end of possibilities, Chinese authorities could give 'real concessions' and allow Hong Kongers full democracy - the right to an unrestricted vote for their own parliament and leader - which is what many protesters demand, Bland said. (cnbc.com)
  • a retraction of the characterization of the movement as a 'riot,' a retraction of the charges against anti-extradition protesters, the establishment of an independent committee to investigate the Hong Kong Police Force's use of force, and the implementation of universal suffrage for the city's chief executive officer role and its legislature by 2020. (cnbc.com)
  • Pressure mounted for Hong Kong and Beijing leaders to respond to calls for full democracy in this Chinese territory, as tens of thousands of protesters demanded the right to choose their leaders. (jpost.com)
  • Outside the government's headquarters on Sunday, protesters urged Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang to respond immediately to calls for a roadmap specifying when and how the territory can have full direct elections, promised as an eventual goal under its mini-constitution. (jpost.com)
  • He adds that in Hong Kong, 'we should determine our own destiny instead of the Hong Kong people's future being dominated by Beijing. (npr.org)
  • Saying that the international community should "realize Beijing does not follow and rely on universal values," Wong says this summer's protests are "the most crucial and critical moment in Hong Kong history. (npr.org)
  • Hong Kong's foreign press club scrapped its annual human rights awards on April 25, citing fears it could be prosecuted for crossing 'new red lines' as Beijing stamps out dissent in the city. (voanews.com)
  • Yet as unrest in Hong Kong escalates with every passing weekend, and occasional episodes that remind Hong Kongers of the 1989 military crackdown at Tiananmen Square , it's natural to wonder: is Beijing about to send in its own forces, maybe even the PLA-the People's Liberation Army? (thedailybeast.com)
  • Beijing is reframing the protests by posing one question to Hong Kongers: How many of you are willing to be fired for your beliefs? (thedailybeast.com)
  • Quietly, the State Council in Beijing published a paper in mid-August proposing that Shenzhen become an international city-and replace Hong Kong. (thedailybeast.com)
  • With the Hong Kong Police Force and hired thugs as the CCP's sluggers on the streets, squeezes on big businesses, and the occasional warning of economic collapse, Beijing surely believes it has the blackshirts of Hong Kong on a slow burn. (thedailybeast.com)
  • A more radicalized, uncompromising opposition is not in the interests of the Hong Kong authorities or Beijing. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Benny Tai, a co-organiser of OCLP, said Hong Kongers were "using this opportunity to at least show Beijing how determined we are for universal suffrage. (cnn.com)
  • As a final strategy, Tai says his group may marshal 10,000 people to sit and peacefully block traffic in downtown Hong Kong as a way to pressure Beijing into allowing Hong Kong to exercise "genuine universal suffrage. (cnn.com)
  • Moreover, they say, Beijing sees the West's concentration on battling the pandemic as offering a perfect opportunity to act tough on Hong Kong. (voanews.com)
  • The pandemic has provided Beijing a window of opportunity to introduce tough measures over Hong Kong," he said. (voanews.com)
  • Hong Kong's capital and technology is not as important for China now as it was [30 years ago], now that it is rich and it is connected to the wider world," said Zhang Lifan, a Beijing-based independent political commentator. (voanews.com)
  • So, it is not unreasonable that Beijing feels that, if the worst comes to worst in Hong Kong, it would be a price China can pay," Tsang said. (voanews.com)
  • Beijing announced the new national security law last month, bypassing Hong Kong's local government. (thenation.com)
  • Critics say the Hong Kong police used excessive force on June 12 by unleashing rubber bullets, water cannons, tear gas, and pepper spray against mostly young demonstrators protesting a controversial bill backed by Lam and her Beijing patrons that would allow extradition to mainland China. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The roots of the crisis lay not with Lam-nor even in Hong Kong-but more than 1,200 miles away, in Beijing. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Hong Kong's turmoil represented residents' deep distrust of Chinese President Xi Jinping's autocratic regime, which Hong Kongers fear is encroaching more and more on the "one country, two systems" autonomy that Beijing committed to for 50 years when China reclaimed Hong Kong from Britain in 1997. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • I believe Beijing did not want this crisis," said David Zweig, a scholar at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and director of Transnational China Consulting Ltd. "Carrie caused it" by resorting to tactics that were "unnecessary and ill-formed," he said. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Currently, Hong Kong's leader is chosen by an election committee selected mostly by Beijing loyalists. (cnn.com)
  • Beijing brushed aside demonstrators' demands for a fully open election in 2017, saying the decision to change the system is in line with Hong Kong's basic law. (cnn.com)
  • The National People's Congress Standing Committee ruled that nominees for Hong Kong's chief executive in 2017 would still have to obtain approval from 50 percent of a mostly pro-Beijing committee. (freebeacon.com)
  • Hong Kong has since operated under a "one country, two systems" agreement that grants it more civil liberties and local freedoms than the mainland, making it a potential flashpoint in the clashes between Beijing and pro-democracy groups. (freebeacon.com)
  • Hong Kong's chief executive is currently selected by a 1,200-member election committee of mostly pro-Beijing elites. (freebeacon.com)
  • For instance, demand in Hong Kong for virtual private networks surged shortly after Beijing introduced the law. (cnbc.com)
  • Beijing is set to deliver a formal response to the ongoing Hong Kong protests at 3 p.m. local time on Monday. (cnbc.com)
  • Demonstrations started eight weeks ago in the city against a legislative push to allow people in Hong Kong to be extradited to Mainland China, but they've snowballed into a movement for full democracy and autonomy from Beijing. (cnbc.com)
  • The most likely outcome, said Bland, is that Beijing and Hong Kong will try to wait out the protests, arrest rally leaders after the momentum slows down and 'slowly bring the city back to order. (cnbc.com)
  • If Beijing were to send the People's Liberation Army out into Hong Kong's streets to 'stabilize the situation' ( which it suggested last week it could do ) that would have 'a big negative impact' on markets, according to Jackson Wong, asset manager director at Amber Hill Capital. (cnbc.com)
  • There is no sign yet from Beijing or the Hong Kong government that they are willing to make any meaningful concessions beyond the suspension of the extradition bill which started this,' said Bland. (cnbc.com)
  • How the United Kingdom lost the loyalty of Hong Kongers. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • But the suffocating weather won't stop pro-democracy Hong Kongers - possibly hundreds of thousands of them - from filling the streets, beginning at 3 p.m today. (cnn.com)
  • In a recent unofficial referendum organized by pro-democracy activist group Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP), 787,767 Hong Kongers voted in support of free elections for the city's next leader. (cnn.com)
  • The high numbers are a sign that Hong Kongers are not about to back down, said Tai. (cnn.com)
  • His firm is just one of many seeing a surge in demand from a widening demographic of Hong Kongers. (cnbc.com)
  • A lot of the wealthy, wealthy Hong Kongers already have a footprint in the U.K. and they've already started some of that displacement of capital or diversification of capital outside of Hong Kong,' said James Dempsey, Asia sales director at BuyAssociation, an investment consultancy specializing in the U.K. market. (cnbc.com)
  • Recent protests have drawn millions of people to march for protection of civic freedoms in Hong Kong, organizers say. (npr.org)
  • When 2 [million] out of 7.5 million people joined the mass protests, it showed the Hong Kong people deserve democracy," Wong said. (npr.org)
  • The big four accounting firms-KPMG, Ernst & Young, Deloitte, and PricewaterhouseCoopers-were attacked in Chinese media for being slow to denounce the protests in Hong Kong after an anonymous group of their employees took out a full-page ad in the local newspaper Apple Daily , speaking of a "yearning for democracy and freedom" in the city. (thedailybeast.com)
  • The pro-democracy protests roiling Hong Kong have entered a crucial phase. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • But when a vigil was held during the Queen's funeral, a harmonica player was arrested for daring to play the tune Glory to Hong Kong, associated with the democracy protests. (ipsnews.net)
  • Analysts are predicting that China's recent high-profile posturing over Hong Kong signals a bumpy political future for the semiautonomous city and the likely return of mass protests. (voanews.com)
  • Analysts say China's heightened concern about national security threats, sparked by the coronavirus outbreak and its tense relations with the U.S., has prompted it to push Hong Kong, rocked by months of anti-government protests, to speed enactment of the controversial national security bill after mass protests. (voanews.com)
  • A joint statement in solidarity with the protests in Hong Kong initiated by the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) has been supported by nearly 60 international organisations and parties. (greenleft.org.au)
  • Hong Kong once held a reputation as a bastion of free speech within authoritarian China, but the national security law (NSL) imposed in 2020 after widespread and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests has criminalised dissent, including in art. (bangkokpost.com)
  • China's legislature on Sunday denied fully democratic elections to Hong Kong in a move that could spark mass protests in the city's streets. (freebeacon.com)
  • Protests continue to roil Hong Kong as demonstrators clash with police and call for full democracy and autonomy in the city. (cnbc.com)
  • At the heart of Hong Kong's central business district, the 36-story Murray Road project designed by Zaha Hadid. (inhabitat.com)
  • China's Foreign Ministry says the protest movement in Hong Kong is driven by foreign influence, and that under Chinese rule, Hong Kong's citizens "enjoy unprecedentedly extensive rights and freedoms in accordance with law," according to China's state-run Xinhua News Agency . (npr.org)
  • A massive military parade may have been being planned for China's capital, but flexing actual military muscle in Hong Kong would mean the Chinese Communist Party acknowledging that its proxies in the city don't have a grip on the populace. (thedailybeast.com)
  • The number of directly elected seats has been slashed and people are disqualified from standing if they question China's sovereignty over Hong Kong. (ipsnews.net)
  • This was taken to be an allegory of China's control of Hong Kong. (ipsnews.net)
  • Analysts warn that China's repression in Hong Kong will intensify in the near future, with some believing China is pushing the city to pass the legislation before September's legislative election. (voanews.com)
  • As the home to the largest number of initial public offerings by Chinese firms and the largest offshore center for Chinese company bond sales, Hong Kong remains a gateway for Western capital to reach China's markets, it said in a report. (voanews.com)
  • Chan warned that China's interventions will hurt Hong Kong's trade, economic and financial status. (voanews.com)
  • Hong Kong police have arrested an elderly democracy activist as she made a solo demonstration over China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown in a vivid illustration of the zero protest tolerance now wielded by authorities in the financial hub. (ibtimes.com)
  • They see Beijing's judicial system as opaque and politicized, and they fear the bill will allow people in Hong Kong to be extradited and tried in mainland China's notorious courts for any reason, even political dissent. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • China's powerful National People's Congress Standing Committee voted Sunday to change the way Hong Kong picks its chief executive, ruling that only candidates approved by a nominating committee will be allowed to run. (cnn.com)
  • The changes to Hong Kong's Basic Law, which were approved by China's National People's Congress on 11 March, were passed by a margin of 40 to 2 with no abstentions. (asianews.it)
  • China's communist leaders likely feared that more democratic elections in Hong Kong could prompt calls for more freedoms on the mainland, analysts say. (freebeacon.com)
  • In 1984, years before the British colonial government handed over Hong Kong to China in 1997, he published a cartoon depicting Hong Kong as a bride, forced into an arranged marriage with no say over her fate. (thenation.com)
  • The document was offered to select Hong Kong citizens before the territory was handed over to China in 1997 and currently offers passport holders access to British consular assistance and the right to stay in the U.K. for six months. (cnbc.com)
  • FILE - A view of the Foreign Correspondents Club in Hong Hong, April 26, 2022. (voanews.com)
  • Classically French trained in the UK, executive chef Silas Li took over the kitchen at Hong Kong Cuisine 1983, a blink-and-you'll-miss-it restaurant in Happy Valley, in 2022. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Sotheby's was projected to generate 12% of its global art auction turnover in Hong Kong in 2022, compared with 13% for Phillips and eight percent for Christie's. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Sayfa en son 19.18, 29 Ocak 2023 tarihinde değiştirildi. (wikipedia.org)
  • The winners will be announced on 4 October 2023 at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong Instagram, and we will notify each winner before 6 October 2023 via Instagram Direct Message. (madametussauds.com)
  • Chinese: 香港, Cantonese: [hœ́ːŋ.kɔ̌ːŋ] ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and a special administrative region in China. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Qin dynasty incorporated the Hong Kong area into China for the first time in 214 BCE, after conquering the indigenous Baiyue. (wikipedia.org)
  • On January 1st, China banned imports of 24 kinds of trash - and the move is wrecking havoc on Hong Kong. (inhabitat.com)
  • Before 1949, people could move freely into and out of Hong Kong (then a British colony ), and China (then Republic of China ). (wikipedia.org)
  • Hong Kong residents who held Republic of China citizenship were not registered. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1949, when the Government of the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan and the People's Republic of China was established on the mainland, the Hong Kong Government began to register Hong Kong residents to issue compulsory identity documents. (wikipedia.org)
  • When Britain returned Hong Kong to China 22 years ago, China employed a "one country, two systems" principle, allowing the city to retain its own legal system, currency, and civil service. (npr.org)
  • Twenty years after its return to China, Hong Kong is awakening to the importance of its natural and cultural heritage on a collective scale. (lonelyplanet.com)
  • In the two years since Hong Kong enacted its national security law, authorities have detained over 180 people including journalists, activists and lawmakers, - data from news and analysis site China File shows. (voanews.com)
  • The CCP knows it can't win hearts and minds in the city, and tanks and troops would only exacerbate the ideological divide, so it is toying with the idea of removing Hong Kong's status as a key financial conduit for China. (thedailybeast.com)
  • The paper mentioned that Shenzhen will be the first city in China to have a "fair and just environment for democracy and rule of law," suggesting that Shenzhen, not Hong Kong, will undergo political reform that is yet to be defined, but may include some sort of democratic component. (thedailybeast.com)
  • In other words, instead of facing the people of Hong Kong to weigh their demands, Lam is prepared to pare away many qualities that set Hong Kong apart from mainland China under CCP rule-a relatively free press, an uncensored internet, protections for personal property, and other rights. (thedailybeast.com)
  • We write on behalf of 42 nongovernmental organizations that report on and advocate for human rights in China, Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang. (pen.org)
  • Not part of the Hong Kong at all, but another Special Autonomous Region which was returned to China by Portugal in 1999, Macau is a very popular destination for day trips and weekend breaks. (worldtravelguide.net)
  • Handsome architecture, the South China Sea, and 140-million-year-old volcanic rocks make this one of Hong Kong's most breathtaking places. (lonelyplanet.com)
  • The rise reflects increased demand for these categories in China, Hong Kong and other Asia Pacific regions," said Vipul Shah, chairman of India's Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). (diamonds.net)
  • Ho Pak-leung, a microbiologist at the University of Hong Kong, said the new virus showed a higher ability to be transmitted rapidly from birds to humans and to spread geographically than an earlier deadly strain, H5N1, reported the South China Morning Post. (diamonds.net)
  • As a popular shopping destination, Hong Kong's economy is heavily dependent on the millions of visitors who stream into the region from Mainland China, as well as other countries, to spend their money on hotels, restaurants and luxury goods such as jewelry. (diamonds.net)
  • 42% of participants picked a proposal by the Alliance for True Democracy, which said candidates for Hong Kong's chief executive should be nominated by the public, and conditions such as requiring candidates to "love China" should not be allowed. (cnn.com)
  • The organisation behind the vigil, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Movements in China, closed itself down in 2021 following a police investigation. (ipsnews.net)
  • China committed to move towards universal suffrage for the election of Hong Kong's Chief Executive, the head of government. (ipsnews.net)
  • China still relies on Hong Kong for trade and business, but its recent maneuver does not suggest that it was worried about undermining investors' confidence. (voanews.com)
  • While countries including the US and UK impose sanctions on China over anti-democratic reforms in Hong Kong, some commentators argue that economic measures have " practically no effect" - and may contribute to anti-Asian sentiments in western countries. (newstatesman.com)
  • Jessie Lau reports for the New Statesman that international sanctions on China are failing to stop Beijing's crackdown on Hong Kong autonomy. (newstatesman.com)
  • Under the "one country, two systems" policy, the 7 million residents of Hong Kong - defined as a "Special Administrative Region" of China - are afforded greater civil liberties than those in the mainland. (cnn.com)
  • This reflects an agreement reached between China and the United Kingdom before the handover, which promised Hong Kong a "high degree of autonomy" for 50 years after its return. (cnn.com)
  • With the new election rules, China and Hong Kong want to make it easier to elect "patriotic" candidates. (asianews.it)
  • The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China reported that the police banned the traditional vigil it holds every year on 4 June to remember the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre. (asianews.it)
  • What is Hong Kong's relationship with China? (cnbc.com)
  • The vaccine scheduler table summarizes the current vaccination schedule for young children, adolescents, and adults in China, Hong Kong SAR. (who.int)
  • Meeting on the Control of Communicable Diseases in China, Hong Kong and Macao, Hong Kong, 27-29 April 1992 : report / convened by the Regional Office of the Western Pacific of the World Health Organization. (who.int)
  • At 8 p.m. every night Hong Kong puts on a light show where lasers are beamed from the city's skyscrapers. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Wong tells NPR he believes the protest movement extends beyond securing protections for the city's citizens: "Under the hardline policy and sharp power expansion of President Xi Jinping, we realize that a victory for Hong Kong, is a victory for the free world. (npr.org)
  • Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Friday her priority is to "stop the violence" rather than make political concessions as the city's two-month-long protest movement pressed on with a demonstration at the airport. (latimes.com)
  • To explore the culinary diversity in Hong Kong, don't miss the city's only authentic Nordic restaurant - FINDS, located on the 1st floor of the hotel. (singaporeair.com)
  • HONG KONG: As thousands of visitors streamed through a Hong Kong exhibition hall and deals were struck for works by Picasso and Yayoi Kusama, art collectors celebrated the city's return to its bustling heyday. (bangkokpost.com)
  • One pro-democracy legislator in Hong Kong told the New York Times that the city's residents feel "betrayed. (freebeacon.com)
  • Alexandra Wong, 65, was detained on Sunday on suspicion of taking part in an unlawful assembly as she walked towards Beijing's Liaison Office in Hong Kong. (ibtimes.com)
  • Even so, the Hong Kong unrest may be playing into the hands of Beijing's hard-liners as they navigate escalating tensions with Washington, analysts said. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Hong Kong (AsiaNews) - Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) approved Beijing's election reform for the autonomous region. (asianews.it)
  • The question is whether the real democracies are willing to stand up for Hong Kong's people who have repeatedly and overwhelmingly showed they want to choose their own leaders, not be governed by Beijing's proxies," she said. (freebeacon.com)
  • Hong Kong's Basic Law guaranteed civic rights, including freedoms of association, peaceful assembly and expression. (ipsnews.net)
  • Now is the summer of discontent, and as a Hong Konger, I am born, I live, and I love my hometown," leading pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong tells NPR. (npr.org)
  • Joshua Wong, Alex Chow, and Nathan Law are three prominent student activists who played a leading role in the 2014 Occupy Central Movement in Hong Kong. (pen.org)
  • Wong turned up anyway that afternoon holding as sign that read "32, June 4, Tiananmen's lament" and a yellow umbrella -- the latter a symbol of Hong Kong's democracy movement. (ibtimes.com)
  • In a career spanning nearly four decades, four Hong Kong chief executives, and four Chinese Communist Party leaders, Wong Kei Kwan has traced the arc of history as well as the contours of every leader's face. (thenation.com)
  • I don't think just because the sales number at Art Basel is good (it) means 'Hong Kong is back'," said Kacey Wong, a dissident artist who left the city in 2021 due to the crackdown. (bangkokpost.com)
  • In my career, I try not to rely on selling my works to galleries as a way of living, they are simply not reliable," said Wong, the dissident, who now lives in Taiwan and says he "dare not" exhibit his work in Hong Kong. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Wong echoed Bland's assessment, saying 'the situation in Hong Kong is not good. (cnbc.com)
  • That steely reputation helped her snag Hong Kong's top post as chief executive in 2017. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The majority of Hong Kong citizens, namely, the 5 million qualified voters of the selection of chief executive in 2017, will be able to cast their votes to select the chief executive," said Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. (cnn.com)
  • Locals and mainland Chinese are, on the whole, most interested in the casinos (as there are none in Hong Kong), but there are also some delightful older parts of the enclave (which is actually two islands which were artificially joined). (worldtravelguide.net)
  • It is not unusual for as many as one million Mainland Chinese to cross the border into Hong Kong on major Chinese holidays to do some serious shopping. (diamonds.net)
  • That concept was promised to Hong Kong when the former British colony was reunited with the mainland, and guarantees that the city maintains a separate economic and legal system. (cnbc.com)
  • stations in Hong Kong or Kowloon instead. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Aqua is on Kowloon side and has magnificent views of the famous Hong Kong skyline. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Kowloon might be loud, crazy and disarmingly brash - but the pulsing heart of Hong Kong is full of delights for younger travellers. (lonelyplanet.com)
  • Built by the Chinese after the British first took Hong Kong, the fort did not surrender when Kowloon became part of British territory. (worldtravelguide.net)
  • Passengers flying into Hong Kong's old Kai Tak airport used to see the roofs, washing lines and streets of eastern Kowloon (and often, TV screens inside flats - that's how close to the city the landing was). (cathaypacific.com)
  • But the decision to change the way Hong Kong picks its leader comes amid increasing fears that those freedoms are being eroded. (cnn.com)
  • Some Hong Kong residents have also expressed concerns that freedoms like an open internet could be slowly stripped away. (cnbc.com)
  • Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam has said the new law will only target an 'extremely small minority' of offenders, and maintains that the basic rights and freedoms enjoyed by the majority of its citizens will be protected. (cnbc.com)
  • Part of Hong Kong Global Geopark, 400-year-old Lai Chi Wo is Hong Kong's best-preserved Hakka walled village and has an intact woodland. (lonelyplanet.com)
  • A man sits next to a fountain at the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park in Hong Kong on April 21, 2020. (voanews.com)
  • A man wears a face mask as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 as he walks along a street in Hong Kong on April 21, 2020. (voanews.com)
  • Speaking at an event Monday to explain the NPC's decision, he added: "This is the first opportunity - a very good opportunity - for Hong Kong to have one man, one vote - universal suffrage. (cnn.com)
  • Pay a little more and you can enjoy the services of the mainstays of Hong Kong tailoring such as Ascot Chang, WW Chan and Gordon Yao. (cathaypacific.com)
  • Priced at the top end of Hong Kong tailoring, Attire House is the brainchild of Hongkongers Roger Chan and Brandon Chau. (cathaypacific.com)
  • Hong Kong's former second-highest-ranked official, Anson Chan, echoed the sentiment in an interview with CNN on Monday. (cnn.com)
  • This is a new affront on one country, two systems," said Kenneth Chan, a political scientist at the Hong Kong Baptist University, referring to the principle for Chinese control of Hong Kong promised under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration. (voanews.com)
  • To the extent that the city is no longer able to retain the confidence of investors, its population and the economy will be quickly de-internationalized, whilst politically and socially Hong Kong is forced to undergo rapid mainlandization," Chan said. (voanews.com)
  • Hong Kong's current chief executive, Carrie Lam, gave a statement to the press on Tuesday suggesting that she could invoke a colonial-era law to give herself powers to authorize arrests, shut down telecommunications, censor media, seize property, and change or enact laws if the city falls into an emergency state. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Demonstrators gather during a protest at Hong Kong International Airport, Friday, with the goal of alerting travelers to their call for democratic reforms and the withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill. (npr.org)
  • Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and freedom of speech are under attack, writes Wlam* , as the legal system cows under pressure and police brutality worsens. (greenleft.org.au)
  • Joint solidarity statement: Stop police brutality in Hong Kong! (greenleft.org.au)
  • According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the Avenue of Stars was designed to recognize the film industry's contribution in promoting Hong Kong as a destination worldwide. (aviewoncities.com)
  • It came even as Hong Kong entered a recession last year after months of social unrest, which were exacerbated by the coronavirus outbreak. (cnbc.com)
  • Report on the outbreak of cholera in Hong Kong covering the period 11th August to 12th October, 1961. (who.int)
  • In a historic vote, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong voted 49-4 to ban the trade of ivory by 2021. (inhabitat.com)
  • The Chairman was the first Hong Kong and Chinese restaurant to take the top spot on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2021 list. (bangkokpost.com)
  • In 1984, while Sino-British negotiations over the Hong Kong handover were still ongoing, local cartoonist Zunzi depicted the city as a bride being pushed into an arranged marriage. (thenation.com)
  • At Disneyland Hong Kong ( www.hongkongdisneyland.com ), on Lantau Island, visitors can meet characters old and new, from Mickey Mouse to Buzz Lightyear, and can tour the park aboard the Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad. (worldtravelguide.net)
  • Neolithic to Bronze Age Hong Kong settlers were semi-coastal people. (wikipedia.org)
  • But Bella Luk, from Amnesty International, said: 'It's not the numbers which count, it's the views of people in Hong Kong. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Hong Kong people remember only too well the devastation wreaked on the city ten years ago, when the H5N1 virus left 332 dead worldwide and the Hong Kong economy ravaged. (diamonds.net)
  • Merely for holding candles and flowers, people were taken away by Hong Kong's police. (ipsnews.net)
  • People are mourning not only the many who died on 4 June 1989 but also the Hong Kong vanishing before their eyes. (ipsnews.net)
  • Hong Kong was once a country where people felt safe to protest. (ipsnews.net)
  • If Hong Kong people don't [behave], that provides an excuse for the party to take harder lines, including canceling the September elections. (voanews.com)
  • In Hong Kong, people are-for now-still free to illustrate their scathing opinions of those in power. (thenation.com)
  • A health care worker holds a sign reading "Dancing Group," referring to a dance club cluster of Covid-19, as people stand in line outside a testing center in the Yau Ma Tei district of Hong Kong, on November. (cnn.com)
  • These radicals could indeed incite a group of people to rally with them but they are facing a powerful will and a strong legal framework that Hong Kong must remain stable. (cnn.com)
  • After having lied to Hong Kong people for so many years, it finally revealed itself today," said Alan Leong. (freebeacon.com)
  • Hong Kong people are right to feel betrayed. (freebeacon.com)
  • The biggest interest is in the U.K. - where some ads even reference recent announcements in which the U.K. said it would grant up to 3 million people in Hong Kong a path to citizenship , through a British National (Overseas) passport (BNO). (cnbc.com)
  • Located on the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade, the Avenue of Stars pays tribute to Hong Kong's rich cinematic tradition - both past and present. (aviewoncities.com)
  • The promenade at Tsim Sha Tsui also provides a stunning view of the harbor and is an especially good place from which to watch the nighttime Symphony of Lights , a must-see for visitors to Hong Kong. (aviewoncities.com)
  • This paper argues that the Kwun Tong Promenade in Hong Kong is an exemplary case of government-driven commodification of public space. (lu.se)
  • Leung Chun-ying (center) speaks during a press conference in Hong Kong, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. (freebeacon.com)
  • In an attempt to prevent the spread of STIs, the authorities introduced "Hong Kong Ordinance No 12" in 1857. (wikipedia.org)
  • The nascent talks between the Occupy movement and the Hong Kong authorities are in jeopardy. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Hong Kong's authorities are evidently determined to erase any form of acknowledgement that the massacre ever happened. (ipsnews.net)
  • Authorities have cited the coronavirus, although Hong Kong is currently celebrating no local transmission cases of unknown origin for the last month. (ibtimes.com)
  • Hong Kong recorded 73 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, marking a new spike in infections, according to health authorities on Monday. (cnn.com)
  • Hong Kong is the world's fourth-ranked global financial centre, ninth-largest exporter, and eighth-largest importer. (wikipedia.org)
  • One of the most popular attractions on the Avenue of Stars is a two-meter-tall bronze statue of the world's most famous martial arts actor, Bruce Lee, a Hong Kong native. (aviewoncities.com)
  • The world's three main art auction houses are expanding their presence in Hong Kong, where art auctions netted more than $1.16 billion last year. (bangkokpost.com)
  • The name was also commonly written as the single word Hongkong until 1926, when the government officially adopted the two-word name. (wikipedia.org)
  • Foster + Partners transformed a former government headquarters tower into a luxury hotel in Hong Kong, and it has. (inhabitat.com)
  • [9] But in 1932, the Hong Kong government issued a ban on prostitution and three years later licensed prostitution ended. (wikipedia.org)
  • The almost-800,000 figure represents about 22% of registered voters in Hong Kong, out of a total of 3.5 million registered voters, according to government figures. (cnn.com)
  • We have an offer and we have a baseline, and this is the thing we will give to the (Hong Kong government)," he told CNN. (cnn.com)
  • Stefan H. C. Lo is Deputy Principal Government Counsel (Ag) at the Department of Justice, Hong Kong, where he has been advising the government on company and insolvency law reform. (cambridge.org)
  • It's certain now that the central government will be effectively appointing Hong Kong's chief executive. (freebeacon.com)
  • The "Chef Ton of Hong Kong", chef Vicky Cheng patented Chinese x French cuisine at Vea, which opened in 2015. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Chef Cheng celebrates the concept by integrating the customs and culture of Hong Kong into dishes that tell a vivid story about the country. (bangkokpost.com)
  • Kevin Kwok-yin Cheng is Associate Professor and Assistant Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). (cambridge.org)
  • Pressure on Hong Kong's flagship airline, Cathay Pacific, has led to staff members being sacked after it became public that they took part in or supported demonstrations in the city. (thedailybeast.com)
  • The group Occupy Central now says it will stage nonviolent demonstrations in Hong Kong to protest the new electoral rules. (freebeacon.com)
  • July 1, 2014, the 17th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule, is set to be a hot, possibly stormy day. (cnn.com)
  • According to Hong Kong's statistics and census department , some 29,200 residents left Hong Kong last year amid months of social unrest. (cnbc.com)
  • The Hong Kong ruling comes amid a widening crackdown on dissent by Chinese President Xi Jinping. (freebeacon.com)
  • With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated territories in the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • But that's not how Hong Kong's pro-democracy Occupy Central movement sees it. (cnn.com)
  • The easiest racecourse to access is Happy Valley ( www.happyvalleyracecourse.com ), which is on a tram route on Hong Kong Island. (worldtravelguide.net)
  • and the liaison office head's call for Hong Kong to enact national security legislation , shelved since 2003. (voanews.com)
  • On Wednesday, the Global Times , a Chinese state-owned newspaper that often airs nationalistic voices, declared that "without powerful interference from foreign forces, especially the U.S., opposition groups would not have the capability to enact such violent incidents" in Hong Kong. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Hong Kong's democracy movement has been crushed by a broad crackdown on dissent over the last year, including the imposition of a sweeping security law that criminalises much dissent. (ibtimes.com)
  • Xi may well think that Hong Kong is on its own and will have to comply," Tsang said. (voanews.com)
  • Earliest known human traces in what is now Hong Kong are dated by some to 35,000 and 39,000 years ago during the Paleolithic period. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hong Kong's vegan and vegetarian scene has proliferated in the last few years, and now the autonomous territory. (inhabitat.com)
  • The second journalist, who has worked for international media in Hong Kong for several years, told VOA she feels more pressure today than ever before. (voanews.com)
  • While the focus in Hong Kong has always been on modern jewelry, there has been a moderate increase in demand for estate jewels in recent years, according to Graeme Thompson, head of the jewelry department for Hong Kong and Asia at Bonhams. (diamonds.net)
  • After more than 60 years in business, Ascot Chang is a keystone of the Hong Kong tailoring industry. (cathaypacific.com)
  • Lui Che Woo vividly recalls the stench arising from corpses stored on his street during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong 75 years ago. (forbes.com)
  • Years of harsh pandemic restrictions in Hong Kong have seen other Asian cities, including Seoul and Singapore, vie to supplant it on the international art scene. (bangkokpost.com)
  • There's a very easy (and flat) three-kilometer walk around the peak which offers fantastic views over Central Hong Kong and across to the outlying islands. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Along the way it takes on Hong Kong's highest peak, Tai Mo Shan (985m/3,231ft). (worldtravelguide.net)
  • Standing at 552m, Victoria Peak is the highest point on Hong Kong Island. (lonelyplanet.com)
  • Hong Kong's highest peak, at 957 metres, is topped by a collection of antenna and golf-ball radar stations. (cathaypacific.com)
  • RED Bar has fantastic views across Victoria Harbour and of Central's skyline, and Bistro Manchu serves some of the most delicious northeastern Chinese food in Hong Kong. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Tiny Hong Kong is home to some 10,000 restaurants, the majority specialising in Chinese cooking, especially Cantonese dishes. (lonelyplanet.com)
  • From the traditional yum cha or Cantonese dim sum, the diverse spectrum of regional to lesser-known (at least in Thailand) Chinese dishes, there is no place like Hong Kong. (bangkokpost.com)
  • An imposing colonial-style building in Hong Kong Park, the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware houses ancient Chinese artefacts used in tea-making. (worldtravelguide.net)
  • One of Hong Kong's oldest Chinese temples, Man Mo honours the gods of literature (Man) and war (Mo). (worldtravelguide.net)
  • The Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949 prompted an exodus from Shanghai to Hong Kong, and the tailors followed their customers south. (cathaypacific.com)
  • Instead of hosting the usual vigil, this year Hong Kong's Victoria Park was home to a carnival celebrating Chinese rule. (ipsnews.net)
  • Then, arriving passengers landed to a different view, but one that's no less Hong Kong: grass-covered hills of the territory's largest island fading into the distance like those in a Chinese ink painting. (cathaypacific.com)
  • Previously, he taught social work, criminology and law at the University of Exeter, University of Queensland, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. (cambridge.org)
  • A top Chinese official made clear the candidates all must "love the country and love Hong Kong. (cnn.com)
  • The name of the territory, first romanised as "He-Ong-Kong" in 1780, originally referred to a small inlet located between Aberdeen Island and the southern coast of Hong Kong Island. (wikipedia.org)
  • Head across the New Territories on Hong Kong's longest hike, the 100km-long (62-mile) MacLehose Trail. (worldtravelguide.net)
  • Hong Kong's parliament voted 40 to 2 in favour of the changes. (asianews.it)
  • Despite having the largest number of skyscrapers of any city in the world, housing in Hong Kong has been well-documented to experience a chronic persistent shortage. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ellen Bork, director of democracy and human rights for the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI), previously told the Washington Free Beacon that the United States and other Western democracies should speak out in support of fully democratic elections in Hong Kong. (freebeacon.com)
  • An event held in Hong Kong for investors interested in U.K. property. (cnbc.com)
  • Real estate investment firms around the world are increasingly targeting Hong Kong investors through social media ads and events. (cnbc.com)
  • Such a move would 'break a lot of beliefs that Hong Kong is autonomous,' he explained, adding that 'investors would probably flee initially. (cnbc.com)
  • A popular escape from the busy city streets, Hong Kong Park includes plenty of green space as well as an aviary, fountains, a restaurant and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre. (worldtravelguide.net)
  • Before joining the Department of Justice, Dr Lo was Assistant Professor in the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. (cambridge.org)
  • Wing Hong Chui is Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong. (cambridge.org)
  • He was formerly the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education) of the Faculty of Social Sciences at The University of Hong Kong. (cambridge.org)
  • A three year study in student characteristics, needs and learning styles guided instructors at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education to improve teaching and learning in a core module: Information Literacy. (bvsalud.org)
  • Um estudo, realizado durante três anos, sobre as características de estudantes, necessidades e tipos de aprendizado na University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education tinha o objetivo de melhorar o ensino e a aprendizagem relacionada às Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação. (bvsalud.org)
  • Un estudio realizado durante tres años sobre las características, necesidades y tipos de aprendizaje de estudiantes en la University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education tuvo el objetivo de mejorar la enseñanza y el aprendizaje relacionado a las tecnologías de la información y comunicación. (bvsalud.org)
  • A study of part-time students' characteristics and learning styles was conducted at the University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Education in 2003. (bvsalud.org)
  • Home to the second-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world, Hong Kong has the largest concentration of ultra high-net-worth individuals. (wikipedia.org)
  • Today's city lover is Emma Torry , a Londoner who loves Hong Kong and all of its extravagance. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • In my city, an active day outdoors involves a hike along the Dragon's Back -a walking trail on the South Side of Hong Kong island-followed by a swim on either Shek-O beach or Big Wave Bay. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • From traditional newspaper editorial cartoons to the newer forms of protest art that circulate online and are posted at makeshift Lennon Walls across the city, political cartooning is an indispensable avenue for dissent and political expression in Hong Kong. (thenation.com)
  • Al-Sadr city sur une période de 6 mois en 2005 ont été soumis à un test de dépistage du VHE. (who.int)
  • The Hong Kong identity card (officially HKIC , [2] [3] commonly HKID ) is an official identity document issued by the Immigration Department of Hong Kong. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Hong Kong permanent identity card is a class of HKID issued to Hong Kong residents who have the right of abode (ROA) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region . (wikipedia.org)
  • With speedy and skilled tailors churning out the latest suiting styles in a matter of days, Hong Kong has acquired a reputation for sartorial excellence. (cathaypacific.com)
  • Earlier reasons for preserving the vegetation hadn't always been so high-minded: maintaining tree cover was seen as crucial for the protection of Hong Kong's water catchment areas, vital for guaranteeing abundant supplies in case pumping water across long distances was not feasible. (cathaypacific.com)
  • 12 Eylül 2005 tarihinde açılmıştır ve Lantau Adası 'nda bulunan Hong Kong Disneyland Resort'ta yer almaktadır. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hong Kong Disneyland, 27,5 hektarlık bir alanı kapsamaktadır [2] ve yılda ortalama 7,92-8,9 milyon ziyaretçiye ev sahipliği yapmaktadır. (wikipedia.org)
  • Wikimedia Commons'ta Hong Kong Disneyland ile ilgili ortam dosyaları bulunmaktadır. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cross- correlations were then calculated between estimated weekly number of notifications in Guangdong and Macau versus actual weekly notifications in Hong Kong. (cdc.gov)
  • Maximum correlation among estimated weekly Guangdong and Macau scarlet fever notifications with different lags versus notifications in Hong Kong were identified. (cdc.gov)