Thousands gather in Hong Kong to mourn student who died during recent clashes, oppose arrest of seven pro-democracy lawmakers
• 6 years agoTens of thousands of Hong Kongers packed into a park Saturday night to mourn a student who died during recent clashes as police arrested a group of pro-democracy lawmakers, deepening the city's political crisis
Hong Kong protests: Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho stabbed while campaigning, assailant arrested
• 6 years agoAn anti-government assailant stabbed and wounded a pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker who was election campaigning on Wednesday, police said.
Hong Kong protests: Chinese president Xi Jinping expresses 'high degree of trust' in Carrie Lam amid unrest
• 6 years agoChinese president Xi Jinping has expressed a 'high degree of trust in Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam as the two met after months of increasingly violent protests in the semi-autonomous city.
'Five demands, not one less': Hong Kong protesters erect barricades, throw firebombs; police fire tear gas, use water canons
• 6 years agoPolice beefed up security measures for the unauthorised rally in Hong Kong, the latest chapter in unrest that has disrupted life in the financial hub since early June
19-year-old Hong Kong activist Jimmy Sham stabbed while distributing pro-democracy leaflets; one arrested, says police
• 6 years agoProtesters are trying to keep pressure on government to respond to their demands, including full democracy and independent inquiry into police brutality
70th anniversary of People's Republic of China: Xi Jinping oversees massive military celebrations as Hong Kong protesters hit streets
• 6 years agoPresident Xi Jinping declared Tuesday that 'no force' can shake the Chinese nation as he oversaw a massive military celebration of 70 years of Communist Party rule
Hong Kong Police expects 'very serious violent attack' on 70th anniversary of China, mounts up security across city
• 6 years agoPolice expect more violence on Hong Kong’s streets on Tuesday, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, after a chaotic weekend in which they fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters who set fires and threw petrol bombs.
China lashes out at Taiwan for offering political asylum to Hong-Kong pro-democracy protesters
• 6 years agoChina lashed out at Taiwan on Monday over its offer of political asylum to participants in Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement
Hong Kong sees largest rally in weeks as protesters flood streets braving torrential rains despite warnings from Beijing
Fp Staff • 6 years agoA sea of democracy activists flooded the streets of Hong Kong Sunday under torrential rains in a peaceful demonstration to city leaders
Hong Kong protests: Agitators march through rains to seek democracy, political reforms in semi-autonomous Chinese territory
Fp Staff • 6 years agoCommunist-ruled mainland China has taken an increasingly hardline tone towards the protesters, decrying the 'terrorist-like' actions of a violent hardcore minority among the demonstrators