Under pressure, Hong Kong leader makes public
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The city's Beijing-picked chief executive offered a long list of self criticisms after a dressing down by China's president last month.
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When Ma Ying-jeou, the popular mayor of Taipei, visited Hong Kong three years ago, crowds greeted him as if he were a film star and the territory's leaders hosted a red-carpet reception for him. Even the government in Beijing seemed to bless the visit, sending representatives to an event at which he delivered the keynote address.
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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 - It can't have been an auspicious way to celebrate China's National Day: Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa was making a toast when a projectile from a party popper hit him in the face, officials and newspapers said Tuesday.    Tung had raised his glass along with other dignitaries at a gala event when party poppers were set off as planned...
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Hong Kong's pan-democrats are   scrambling to agree on a way forward after their best hope for   leadership of the Chinese region bowed out of March's election.
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&quot;Beijing ... can now put aside its worries over Hong Kong and concentrate on ... internal politics,&quot; reckoned Janus Lam in the online Asia Times, after Sunday&#39;s legislative council (LegCo) election.
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MACAU: Chinese President Hu Jintao has given Hong Kong&#39;s leaders an unprecedented public dressing-down, a day after the special administrative region&#39;s Government was forced to postpone a major public property sale.
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Politics and art donât always mix well, but the combination has yielded a rare chance for Hong Kong residents and visitors to see what is arguably Chinaâs most famous painting.
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Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda called on Friday for Japan's divided parliament to put the public's interests first as he headed for a fresh showdown with the powerful opposition over key policies.
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Hong Kong's newly elected lawmakers  took the oath of office on Wednesday and, with nearly half of  them pro-democracy politicians, the city's Beijing-backed  leader could expect a few headaches ahead.
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Pressure mounted on China to allow its currency to float freely as the IMF's top official urged Chinese authorities to make the move now, while their economy is booming.
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HONG KONG Turnout is brisk in Hong Kong where voters could give pro-democracy leaders more clout than they&#39;ve had since China reclaimed the area in 1997.
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The Israeli president disgraced by sex charges described himself on Tuesday as a victim of persecution in his first public appearance since he was forced to resign last week.
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President Hu Jintao of China publicly urged Hong Kong&#39;s leader on Monday to improve his management of the semiautonomous Chinese territory, a comment widely seen as a rebuke.
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Rangoon residents claim pro-democracy leader is holding surprise talks with government.
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Any democratic reforms in Hong Kong must be realized gradually, the leader of China's parliament said on Wednesday and reminded leaders of the former British colony they weren't free to do as they wished.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao urged Hong Kong&#39;s leader on Monday to learn from experience and do a better job running the former British colony, beset by political and economic troubles.