# hong-kong - Yesterday’s News
# hong-kong - Tuesday 8 October, 2019
The financial hub has been gripped by four months of rallies.
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# hong-kong - Sunday 6 October, 2019
Thousands of protesters have been staging unsanctioned flashmob rallies across the city.
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# hong-kong - Saturday 5 October, 2019
The incident is understood to have triggered another wave of mass protests overnight.
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# hong-kong - Friday 4 October, 2019
The ban was imposed under a colonial-era emergency ordinance that was last used over half a decade ago.
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# hong-kong - Tuesday 1 October, 2019
Protesters had taken to the streets as mainland China marks 70 years of communist rule.
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# hong-kong - Saturday 28 September, 2019
Tens of thousands crammed into a park outside the city’s parliament this afternoon.
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# hong-kong - Saturday 21 September, 2019
The clashes with police were less sustained than the intense battles of previous weekends.
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# hong-kong - Sunday 15 September, 2019
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets again today in Hong Kong.
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# hong-kong - Thursday 12 September, 2019
The non-stop flights will be shelved from November until March 2020.
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# hong-kong - Monday 9 September, 2019
Millions of Hong Kongers have protested in the past three months.
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# hong-kong - Thursday 5 September, 2019
Carrie Lam announced yesterday that she is scrapping the controversial extradition bill.
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# hong-kong - Wednesday 4 September, 2019
# hong-kong - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
A recording was released of Carrie Lam telling business leaders that she wanted to stand down.
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# hong-kong - Sunday 1 September, 2019
A large fire in Cork, a heroin seizure by gardaí and Brexit drama had everyone talking today.
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Video footage yesterday showed police pepper spraying protesters in a train carriage.
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# hong-kong - Saturday 31 August, 2019
Police had banned today’s demonstration on security grounds.
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# hong-kong - Friday 30 August, 2019
More than 850 people have been arrested in connection with protests since June.
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# hong-kong - Thursday 29 August, 2019
It follows a return to violence during protests in the region last weekend.
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# hong-kong - Saturday 24 August, 2019
The protests ended a nearly week-long period of peace in the semi-autonomous region.
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# hong-kong - Tuesday 20 August, 2019
# hong-kong - Sunday 18 August, 2019
Weeks of demonstrations have plunged the city into crisis.
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# hong-kong - Saturday 17 August, 2019
Hong Kongers in Ireland believe there is no end in sight for protesters.
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Rival pro-democracy and pro-government demonstrations were held in the city today.
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# hong-kong - Friday 16 August, 2019
Cathay said Rupert Hogg had resigned “to take responsibility as a leader of the company in view of recent events”.
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# hong-kong - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
The US also urged Beijing to honour the territory’s autonomy as pro-democracy protests continued.
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After nightfall, a new protest outside a police station in the city was dispersed as officers fired tear gas.
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Tensions have been simmering for months in Hong Kong, sparked by a proposed extradition bill with China.
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# hong-kong - Tuesday 13 August, 2019
Arrival and departure halls have once again been blocked by thousands of demonstrators.
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# hong-kong - Monday 12 August, 2019
Police reports said up to 5,000 people arrived at the terminal.
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Versace was criticised yesterday for a t-shirt that implied Hong Kong and Macau were independent.
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# hong-kong - Sunday 28 July, 2019
The march comes a day after violent clashes with police in nearby town Yuen Long.
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# hong-kong - Saturday 27 July, 2019
Thousands of protesters defied a police ban today.
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# hong-kong - Monday 22 July, 2019
Police in Hong Kong have been criticised for not doing enough to stop the violence.
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# hong-kong - Sunday 21 July, 2019
The protests have been sparked by years of rising anger over Beijing’s influence.
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# hong-kong - Sunday 14 July, 2019
The former Shamrock Rovers netminder will join Pep’s side on their tour of Asia.
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# hong-kong - Tuesday 9 July, 2019
# hong-kong - Monday 8 July, 2019
Police said the protest group was taking part in an “unlawful assembly”
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# hong-kong - Wednesday 3 July, 2019
Anti-Beijing demonstrations have rocked Hong Kong in recent weeks.
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# hong-kong - Tuesday 2 July, 2019
Meanwhile, China’s central government has condemned the ransaking of the legislature yesterday.
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Xi Jinping warns of 'smashed' bodies and 'bones ground to powder' as Hong Kong protests continue
He made the comments during a visit to Nepal at the weekend.
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