• China
    • Beijing
    • Shanghai
    • Guangzhou
    • Wuhan
    • Chengdu
    • Chongqing
    • Tianjin
    • Taiwan
    • Hong Kong
    • Macau
    • Belt and Road
    • Greater Bay Area
  • NE Asia
    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • North Korea
  • SE Asia
    • Brunei
    • Cambodia
    • Indonesia
    • Laos
    • Malaysia
    • Myanmar
    • Philippines
    • Singapore
    • Thailand
    • Timor Leste
    • Vietnam
  • South Asia
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Bangladesh
    • Afghanistan
    • Nepal
    • Sri Lanka
    • Bhutan
    • Maldives
  • Middle East
    • Bahrain
    • Cyprus
    • Egypt
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Israel
    • Jordan
    • Kuwait
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Oman
    • Palestine
    • Qatar
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Syria
    • Turkey
    • Lebanon
    • Yemen
    • اللغة العربية
  • World
    • Australia
    • United States
    • Canada
    • Mexico
    • European Union
    • United Kingdom
    • France
    • Germany
    • New Zealand
    • Spain
    • Italy
    • Sweden
    • Brazil
    • Russia
  • Opinion
    • China
    • Business
    • Hong Kong
    • India
    • Donald Trump
    • Philippines
    • Southeast Asia
    • Politics
    • Asia Times News Video
  • Newsletters
  • Membership
    • Subscribe
    • Academic Rates
    • Payper News
    • My account
    • Lost password
    • FAQ
    • AT+ Commentary Archive
    • Asia Times store
    • AT+ Content Archive
  • ATimesCN
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
Skip to content
Asia Times

Asia Times

Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia

Tag: live fire

Posted inChina

Protesters set fire to hold off police at Hong Kong campus

by Catherine Lai and Anthony Wallace November 18, 2019February 18, 2020

Pro-democracy demonstrators holed up in a Hong Kong university campus set the main entrance ablaze Monday to prevent surrounding police moving in after officers warned they may use live rounds if confronted by deadly weapons. The police warning, which came after one officer was struck by an arrow, marked a further escalation of the near […]

AT+ Premium stories

  • Americans face 20% inflation for essentials
  • Is US Fed fomenting another Asian financial crisis?
  • Darkness descends on developing Asia’s currencies
  • Nidec revving up EV motor production in China
  • G7’s infrastructure scheme is no ‘BRI killer’
  • Semiconductor cycle shows signs of peaking
  • Intel wavers on Ohio chip fab as Congress dithers
  • New Panther – German answer to Russia’s T-14 tank
  • Russia chokes gas flow, Germans fear ‘Lehman Moment’
  • Tsunami towers over Japan’s bond market

Top trending stories

  • Exclusive: UMNO’s No 2 thinks Najib should go to jail
  • US hypersonic test fails ringing China, Russia alarm bells
  • India’s new stealth drone has an eye on China
  • Ukraine – the situation (July 5, 2022)
  • Ukraine's moral waters get muddier and bloodier
  • Is US Fed fomenting another Asian financial crisis?
  • Tech factories latest to leave China for SE Asia
  • India in trapeze act balancing US and Russia
  • War fueling Russian oil's long-term decline
  • Dissecting the New Cold War's rival blocs

Military & Security

  • New Cold War: US boosts troop numbers in E Europe July 3, 2022
  • Australians want way more defense spending: poll June 30, 2022
  • S Korea-Philippines draw closer in big patrol boat deal June 30, 2022
  • Why China’s Fujian carrier is a game-changer June 28, 2022
  • Does Russia really want a war at sea? June 27, 2022
  • South Korea’s 4.5-gen Falcon fighter set to soar June 27, 2022
  • New Panther – German answer to Russia’s T-14 tank June 24, 2022
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise with us
  • Write for us
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
© 2022 Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy

This Site Uses Cookies

This site, like many others, uses small files called cookies to help us improve and customize your experience. Learn more about how we use cookies in our cookie policy.

Learn more about cookies