Hong Kong Airport

• New limits on rail travel as Hong Kong braces for airport protest

  Anti-government protesters have targeted the airport before, occupying the arrivals hall, blocking approach roads and setting street fires in the nearby town of Tung Chung.

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  Sep 21, 2019
  
• Hong Kong police conduct security blitz at airport to thwart protests

  Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced Wednesday that her government would withdraw the bill, but that failed to appease protesters who have expanded their goals to include other issues.

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  Sep 7, 2019
  
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• Hong Kong prepares for airport protests after overnight violence

  The persistent violence has hurt Hong Kong’s economy and sparked fears of a Chinese military intervention.

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  Sep 6, 2019
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• Hong Kong students, workers disrupt commute with strike

  The nearly three months of youth-dominated protests — calling for democracy and an independent inquiry into police conduct — will be tested as classes resume after the summer break in the semiautonomous Chinese territory.

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  Sep 2, 2019
• Protesters block roads near Hong Kong’s airport with burning barricades

  Hong Kong has been the scene of increasingly tense anti-government protests for nearly three months.

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  Sep 1, 2019
• Hong Kong protesters plan to disrupt travel routes to airport

  Protest organizers have urged the public to overwhelm road and rail links to the airport on Sunday and Monday, potentially disrupting flights.

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  Aug 31, 2019
• Hong Kong’s airport, railways operating normally despite ‘stress test’ protest plans

  Other protests are planned on Saturday in various districts, including Kwun Tong on the Kowloon peninsula.

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  Aug 23, 2019
• Hong Kong protesters are using Pepe the Frog as part of pro-democracy movement

  In Hong Kong, as millions of citizens are fighting a battle to protect its democracy, protesters have turned to the smug frog cartoon as a mascot.

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  Aug 19, 2019
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• China will not ‘sit on its hands’ if Hong Kong protests get worse: U.K. ambassador

  He would not go into detail about what measures Beijing might take, or when the situation might be judged to be out of control.

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  Aug 15, 2019
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• World leaders call for calm, talks as Hong Kong braces for more protests

  Police and protesters faced off again on the streets of the financial hub overnight, with riot officers quickly firing tear gas as their response to demonstrators hardens.

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  Aug 14, 2019