Earlier this month the city's pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam used a colonial-era emergency law to ban protesters from wearing face masks.
26 Oct 2019 11:56 AM
The HK USD 7.6 million (USD 970,000) price tag is more than 30 times the average annual wage in Hong Kong.
24 Oct 2019 4:18 PM
The pro-Beijing leader has faced sustained criticism from protesters in the semi-autonomous city.
23 Oct 2019 11:00 AM
But chaos erupted once more as her political opponents chanted slogans and were dragged one by one from the chamber.
17 Oct 2019 1:27 PM
Earlier, fellow Republican senator Ted Cruz had accused the Chinese government of trying to impose 'dictatorship' on Hong Kong.
15 Oct 2019 12:51 PM
The youth-led movement has radicalised a new generation of protesters unlikely to go readily back into their box.
11 Oct 2019 1:37 PM
A conviction for violating the mask ban carries a penalty of up to a year in jail and a fine.
07 Oct 2019 10:49 AM
The wounded protester received initial first aid from officers before paramedics arrived and took him to hospital.
01 Oct 2019 5:22 PM
In Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui district, protestors set trash cans on fire and placed in front of the closed subway station.
01 Oct 2019 3:45 PM
'There is no force that can shake the foundation of this great nation,' Xi said, standing alongside party leaders in Tiananmen Square.
01 Oct 2019 9:10 AM
School and university students also took part in a one-day class boycott on Monday.
30 Sep 2019 1:27 PM
Pro-democracy advocates have called for a major rally to coincide with the celebrations in Beijing.
29 Sep 2019 8:45 PM
Police have repeatedly denied using excessive force and Lam insisted they had exercised restraint.
24 Sep 2019 2:05 PM
Police also banned the group's August 31 march but protesters turned up anyway.
15 Sep 2019 2:49 PM
Fights later broke out between pro-China and pro-democracy supporters in Amoy Plaza, a shopping centre on the other side of the harbour.
14 Sep 2019 2:37 PM
Beijing has slammed the protests as effort by criminals to split the territory from China, backed by what it said were hostile foreigners.
10 Sep 2019 12:31 PM
The withdrawal was one of the protesters' key demands and both she and Beijing had previously refused to budge on the issue.
07 Sep 2019 12:30 PM
In pre-recorded televised address on Wednesday, Lam said extradition bill had been withdrawn, conceding to one of protesters' five demands.
06 Sep 2019 10:24 AM
Lam made the statement while responding to a question about Beijing's role in the withdrawal of the controversial bill.
05 Sep 2019 3:13 PM
Lam also announced the addition of a former education bureau chief and former judge to the IPCC, according to CNN.
05 Sep 2019 9:08 AM