Word: hong
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After NATO bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, killing four people [WORLD, May 24], tens of thousands of Chinese poured into the streets to protest. Any suggestion that the demonstrations were orchestrated by the Chinese government adds insult to injury. There are genuine grief and anger. CARMEN LUK Hong Kong...
Supposedly, they are collaborating on their efforts to set up international outposts, but Harvard's only office abroad--located in Hong Kong--remains exclusively the domain of the Harvard Business School. And while HLS is ready to push ahead with another campaign, Knowles is dragging his feet, insisting Harvard settle into a noncampaign mode...
Ninety-eight days ago, seniors gathered at the Hong Kong restaurant to drink and dance with their classmates to kickoff of a string of senior events leading up to the end of their Harvard careers...
...after the tanks rolled through Tiananmen Square, that was President Jiang Zemin's directive, echoing through the state-run newspapers, and it seems to be the theme of a few tense days during which Beijing is determined to snip the fuse of protest before it burns too brightly. A Hong Kong-based human rights watchdog reports that authorities have questioned nearly 100 people to warn them against holding any memorials or demonstrations, and have kept at least 34 of them in detention. Police have paid visits to homes of parents who lost sons in the brutal crackdown, turning away visitors...
...said he quit his job as the opinion page editor at Hong Kong's Economic Daily because of censorship. He now holds the same position for the Apple Daily, another daily newspaper in Hong Kong...