Protesters dismissed the apology by Carrie Lam as insincere and called for her resignation among a growing list of demands.
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Protesters Return to Hong Kong’s Streets, Rejecting Leader’s Apology
Protesters dismissed the apology by Carrie Lam as insincere and called for her resignation among a growing list of demands.
Hong Kong’s Retreat Chips Away at Xi Jinping’s Iron Image
The suspension of legislation to extradite suspects to China was the biggest political reversal of Xi Jinping’s years in power. Will it undermine his rule?
Carrie Lam: A ‘Good Fighter’ in the Crisis Over the Hong Kong Extradition Bill
Hong Kong’s chief executive is known for being a workaholic and for practically never backing down in a fight.
Hong Kong Leader, Carrie Lam, Says She Won’t Back Down on Extradition Bill
Hong Kong’s chief executive said the government was pursuing a law that would allow extraditions to mainland China “out of our clear conscience.”
What Is Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill?
Mass demonstrations on Sunday revealed tensions between Hong Kong, a semiautonomous territory, and China’s central government.
For China’s Leading Investigative Reporter, Enough Is Enough
Liu Wanyong, “the most important figure in investigative journalism,” has quit the profession. “News is not like news anymore,” he says.
How the Tiananmen Massacre Shocked, Then Inspired a Chinese Political Cartoonist
The authorities in China have moved quickly to censor the cartoonist, Badiucao, whose work uses bold — and critics say sometimes vulgar — imagery.
Tiananmen Anniversary Draws Silence in Beijing but Emotion in Hong Kong
Thirty years after hundreds, possibly thousands, of demonstrators were killed, memories of the bloodshed remain fraught.
‘In the Streets, Anguish, Fury and Tears’
Read excerpts from The Times’s on-the-ground coverage of the Chinese government’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.