Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, held a public meeting with citizens to try to defuse tensions after months of antigovernment protests, but signaled little inclination to accede to demonstrators’ demands.
Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, held a public meeting with citizens to try to defuse tensions after months of antigovernment protests, but signaled little inclination to accede to demonstrators’ demands.
China is grappling with a slowing growth pace and weaker business and consumer sentiment, but much of this is the result of the economy’s transition to one where services and domestic consumption have gained importance, rather than U.S. tariffs.
The quiet backing of older, professional locals helps explain the longevity of the youth-led movement. Their assistance includes “school bus” rides home, protective gear and financial aid.
Joshua Wong and other Hong Kong activists told a congressional hearing that Beijing was eroding the city’s relative autonomy and unable to govern a free society, urging the U.S. to reassess Hong Kong’s trade status.
Taiwanese billionaire Terry Gou said he wouldn’t run for the island’s presidency, a surprise decision that will alter the contours of what will be a hotly contested election.
The Solomon Islands has decided to break off diplomatic relations with Taiwan and cast its lot with China, Taiwan’s president said, as Beijing increases pressure on Taiwan ahead of the island’s presidential election in January.
Beijing wants to narrow the scope of its negotiations with the U.S. to only trade matters, putting thornier national-security issues on a separate track.
A Taiwanese businessman has been detained in southern China on national-security grounds, after he shared images with friends in Taiwan of the antigovernment protests in Hong Kong.
Thousands of soccer fans booed China’s national anthem at the city’s international game against Iran, blatantly violating a now-stalled bill to criminalize insults to the anthem as protesters increasingly direct their ire at Beijing.
Beijing has tried a variety of measures in recent weeks to bump up the pork supply and bring down prices after a yearlong outbreak of African swine fever decimated the country’s hogs. So far, they haven’t been enough.
The Chinese juggernaut handles more business on its shopping sites than any other company in the world. Yet like many of its compatriots, the company has struggled to expand into new markets, stymied by nimbler local rivals.
Pro-democracy protesters made a direct appeal to the U.S. for support in a peaceful mass rally, a new strategy after three months of demonstrations have yielded few concessions from the city’s government.
Thousands of protesters gathered outside a Hong Kong subway station where police beat people inside a train carriage last weekend, the first significant demonstration since the city’s leader began offering conciliatory measures earlier this week.
For three months, Hong Kong protests have been sustained by two forces: the peaceful marchers, and the more radical activists. Now, the city’s leader has aimed to sow divisions between the two camps.
Chinese and American officials plan to hold trade talks in Washington in early October, the latest attempt to tame a trade war that is rippling through the global economy.
In a major concession to protesters, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said she would withdraw the China extradition bill that sparked unrest in the city.
China’s top office for Hong Kong affairs laid out specific measures for the city’s leader to address long-running protests. Earlier, the city’s leader, Carrie Lam, had insisted her government can deal with the unrest.
Hong Kong’s embattled leader said she has never tendered her resignation to Beijing and is committed to leading the city out of its monthslong political crisis.
Public unrest over China’s authority is taking a personal toll, worrying parents of the young protesters who are propelling the opposition movement and causing turmoil between generations.
Government authorities had hoped that the unrest and upheaval of the past few months would recede after youthful protesters returned to school on Monday. Thousands of students proved them wrong by boycotting class.
