Canadian fights for democracy in Hong Kong
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Albert Cheng, a Hong Kong radio personality turned politician, has a flare for the whimsical insult. An outspoken pro-democracy advocate, he routinely called Hong Kong&#39;s Chinese administrators, &quot;dog-like.
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BEIJING (CP) - It may not go down as the first Canadian writ dropped in Beijing but Prime Minister Paul Martin appeared to throw down the electoral gauntlet Friday night with an impassioned defence of his rights record.
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A project to build a cultural complex in Hong Kong has become the center of a bitter local and international debate in the last few weeks.
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By Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Hong Kong Correspondent Roland Lim. HONG KONG : Hong Kong&#39;s democrats have vowed to continue to push for Beijing to grant universal suffrage to the territory, despite their disappointing showing in Sunday&#39;s local elections.
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A leading Hong Kong anti-establishment activist who won a seat in the Chinese territory&#39;s legislature has been invited to a reception celebration China&#39;s National Day.
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Canadians of Ukrainian descent continued to conduct small protests across the country, adding their voices to the pressure for a new election in Ukraine.
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp makes few gains, but adds a new character to the legislature's cast
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Hong Kong goes to the polls today in an election seen as a showdown over calls for greater democracy in the territory. A record voter turnout is expected in Hong Kong.
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HONG KONG An already heated legislative election campaign here took an unexpected turn Tuesday with an announcement by the Democratic Party that one of its candidates has been arrested in mainland China and sentenced without trial to six months in ...
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Thousands in Hong Kong held a protest march on Sunday calling for direct elections in 2012, in a public rebuke against Beijing's decision not to permit universal suffrage that year, but allow it in 2017 instead.
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The protests by Buddhist monks are part of a decades-long battle for democracy
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Hong Kong voters go to the polls Sunday to elect legislators with limited powers, in balloting that may test the strength of the city&#39;s pro-democracy movement.
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On the morning after the results of the Hong Kong voting are announced, I&#39;m waiting by Exit A at the Kowloon Bay MTR subway station way up in the New Territories of Hong Kong, dialing and re-dialing my cell phone, trying to connect with a guy who calls
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Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang has confirmed he will seek a second term, setting up the first contested leadership race since the former British colony reunited with China 10 years ago.
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HONG KONG, China -- Hong Kong residents are voting in legislative elections seen as a referendum on Chinese rule and the most extensive democracy exercise in the country.
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Elections in Hong Kong on Sunday were a big disappointment as an exercise in democracy. Pro-democracy or independent-minded candidates won about 60 percent of the vote, a stunning victory by any measure except the one applied to this election.
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Democracy activists scuffled with police in Hong Kong on Saturday as they sought to air their grievances with Chinese President Hu Jintao, visiting the former British colony on the 10th anniversary of its return to China.