Pro-establishment lawmakers are growing more anxious about next year's elections for the Legislative Council, a body that the opposition could use to block government initiatives
Activists have been buoyed by nods of international support and dismal polling numbers for Lam
As during the Tiananmen protests, China is once again faced with a choice between repression and liberalisation
Hong Kong has been rocked by major protests for the past two weeks over legislative proposals that many view as eroding the territory's judicial independence
The power of governments to attack and disrupt the communications of protesting citizens has a chilling effect on the universal right to march and to protest
Wednesday's violence left 79 people hurt, with two in serious condition, in the worst political unrest since Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997