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Hong Kong leader Lam apologises as protesters press demands for her to quit

Protesters swarm across Hong Kong's financial centre to vent their frustration and anger at controversial bill.

Defying police ban, thousands march against triad gangs in Hong Kong

Public anger has been raging since last Sunday when a gang of men in white t-shirts, armed with poles and batons, set upon anti-government protesters and bystanders in Yuen Long station

Hong Kong agitators take protest chant to arrivals at international airport

Hong Kong residents have been protesting for more than a month, calling for democratic reforms and the withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill in the Chinese territory

Tear gas and rubber bullets fired as Hong Kong returns to chaos

Clashes broke out as police attempted to clear the remnants of the latest mass rally against the government and its now-suspended effort to allow extraditions to mainland China

Another huge anti-govt rally kicks off in Hong Kong, security tightened

Sunday's rally is the seventh weekend in-a-row that residents have come out en-masse

Hong Kong protests have residents plotting their exit to Canada, Australia

In Canada, the surge in migration inquiries is reminiscent of the late 1990s in the run up to the handover of Hong Kong to China

Connaught Place 9th most expensive office location, Hong Kong gets top spot

The Asia-Pacific region witnessed the steepest hike year-on-year in office rentals in January-March 2019

Connaught Place 9th most expensive office location; Hong Kong tops chart

In its annual Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs survey, CBRE tracks the cost of leasing prime office space globally

For Hong Kong celebrities, supporting protests comes with a cost

Some entertainers who only hinted at their support for the demonstrations have come under pressure to clarify their positions

UK warns China of consequences if it fails to preserve Hong Kong's freedom

We expect that legally binding agreement to be honoured and if it isn't there will be serious consequences, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said

Hong Kong on edge after historic night of vandalism, violence and tear gas

Chief Executive Carrie Lam used a dramatic 4 am news conference to condemn the 'extreme use of violence and vandalism

Protesters ransack Hong Kong parliament on China handover anniversary

Hong Kong has been plunged into unprecedented political chaos after three weeks of record-breaking demonstrations against a hugely unpopular bill that would allow extraditions to Chinese mainland

The power of civil society

Even illiberal rulers bow to united and sustained opposition

Can Hong Kong protect its 'freedom'?

Even if the extradition bill has been suspended, Beijing will eventually impose its system on Hong Kong

How encrypted messages and car 'crashes' helped Hong Kong protesters

While a pro-democracy group called the Civil Human Rights Front helped run the movement against the bill, there were no obvious leaders at Wednesday's protests

Hong Kong suspends controversial China extradition Bill after backlash

The unrest in China's most international city comes at a bad time for Chinese President Xi Jinping, who needs to convey domestic strength ahead a pivotal potential summit with Donald Trump

China backs Hong Kong's decision to suspend extradition bill

Opposition to the Beijing-backed bill united an unusually wide cross-section of Hong Kong

Hong Kong govt suspends divisive extradition bill after a week of protests

The South China Morning Post said Lam held an emergency meeting on Friday night with her advisers

Lessons from HK

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is technically self-governing, but its parliament and chief executive are not exactly democratically elected

Hong Kong protesters plan rally against China extradition law after clashes

The government attempted to lower the temperature by indefinitely postponing a parliamentary debate on the bill which had been scheduled for Wednesday and triggered the scenes at parliament