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Chinese President Xi Jinping votes on a proposal to draft a security law on Hong Kong during the closing session of the National Peoples Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 28, 2020. (AFP)

China's parliament approves Hong Kong national security bill

According to a draft released last week, the law would allow Chinese mainland security agencies to operate openly in...

28 May 2020 7:58 AM GMT

Riot police stand guard outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP)

Security tight as Hong Kong set to debate China national anthem bill

The anthem bill is set for a second reading today and is expected to be turned into law next month

27 May 2020 4:04 AM GMT

Pro-democracy demonstrators hold up portraits of jailed Chinese civil rights activists, lawyers and legal activists as they march to the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong. (AP)

Hong Kong police ban protest against China's national security law

The law is expected to be voted on during a National People's Congress Standing Committee meeting to be held from Sunday...

27 Jun 2020 9:23 AM GMT

A volunteer (R) holds up a ballot paper during counting in Hong Kong on June 20, 2020, following a vote organised by selection of pro-democracy unions to ask members if they will participate in a city wide strike and if they supported Chinas plans to impose a new national security law in Hong Kong. (AFP)

Hong Kong unions, students fail to get support for strikes against...

Anti-government demonstrations have lost momentum due to higher risk of arrest and failing to get approval for crowd...

21 Jun 2020 6:33 AM GMT

Police detain a protester after spraying pepper spray during a protest in Causeway Bay before the annual handover march in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July. 1, 2020. (AP)

Hong Kong police make first arrest under new security law

Police force had issued statement that they would consider protesters promoting Hong Kong's separation from China as...

1 July 2020 7:14 AM GMT