Tag: Hong Kong Protests (2019)

In Turbulent Times, Xi Builds a Security Fortress for China, and Himself

Over informal, private meals with American leaders, China’s Xi Jinping let his guard down a little. It was…

Ailing Hong Kong Activist Defiant as Court Sentences Him to Prison

HONG KONG — If his cutoff T-shirts, close-cropped hair and long, thin beard were not enough to make…

‘Everything in Hong Kong Has Changed’: A Road to Reinvention

HONG KONG — On the day that Hong Kong was returned to China a quarter century ago, the…

On the Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre, Victims Remembered

TAIPEI, Taiwan — For decades, a large candlelight vigil was held in Hong Kong each June 4, to…

Star Ferry, ‘Emblem of Hong Kong,’ May Sail Into History After 142 Years

HONG KONG — On a damp Monday morning in Hong Kong, Freeman Ng looked out from the upper…

N.B.A. Basketball Returns to Chinese TV After a Long Absence

China Central Television, China’s state-run TV network, has begun to broadcast N.B.A. games again, signaling that the rift…