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The 2019 CUHK campus conflict, also known as the siege of the Chinese University of Hong Kong [3] [4] and Chinese University of Hong Kong conflict (Chinese: 中大衝突、中大保衛戰), was a part of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests.
The 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (also known by other names) were a series of demonstrations against the Hong Kong government's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in regard to extradition. It was the largest series of demonstrations in the history of Hong Kong. [22] [23]
The 2019 Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus conflict, also referred to as the siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, [2] [3] occurred from 17 to 29 November 2019 on the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. [4] [5]
Similar incidents also happened in University of Hong Kong and Chinese University of Hong Kong where the police shot tear gas into the campuses and student protesters confronted with the police for several hours. The major universities in Hong Kong and institutions organised by the Vocational Training Council suspended their classes on that day ...
MOUNTAIN VIEW/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Alphabet's YouTube on Tuesday said it would comply with a court decision and block access inside Hong Kong to 32 video links deemed prohibited content, in what ...
Protesters in front of the Legislative Council Complex. On 1 July 2019, as Hong Kong marked the 22nd anniversary of its 1997 handover to China, the annual pro-democracy protest march organised by CHRF claimed a record turnout of 550,000; police placed the estimate at around 190,000, [4] [5] while independent organisations using scientific methods calculated that participation was in the region ...
[8] [9] It was the first live round fired at a person by the Hong Kong police in this series of protests. [5] [10] [11] The protester was taken to the emergency room of Princess Margaret Hospital and in critical condition. [12] The Hong Kong Police called the shooting "heartbreaking" and added that "[t]he police officers' lives were seriously ...
The Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union organised a march named "Safeguard the next generation, let our conscience speak" to support Hong Kong students and show solidarity to the arrestees. Despite heavy rain, thousands of teacher wearing black marched from Charter Garden to Government House .