KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated PressFeb 4, 2020
Medical staff members demand the border with mainland China be shut completely. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
KEN MORITSUGU and EILEEN NG / The Associated PressNov 24, 2019
After months of protests, 71% of the city's 4.1 million registered voters cast ballots on Sunday. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
KEN MORITSUGU and ANDI JATMIKO / The Associated PressNov 19, 2019
Even as the latest violence winds down, a fundamental divide suggests the protests in the former British colony are far from over. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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JOHN LEICESTER and EILEEN NG / The Associated PressOct 4, 2019
Violence erupts across the semi-autonomous Chinese territory as defiant masked protesters rampage and police fire tear gas on Friday. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
EILEEN NG / The Associated PressSep 29, 2019
The protests, sparked by a now-shelved extradition bill, have snowballed into an anti-China movement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigSep 5, 2019
The resolve of Hong Kong's protesters against Chinese overreach is impressive. But the American left may have misunderstood the movement. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
KATIE TAM / The Associated PressSep 4, 2019
Carrie Lam says she will withdraw a bill allowing Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China for trials. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
YANAN WANG and KATIE TAM / The Associated PressAug 13, 2019
For the second day in a row, demonstrators take over airport terminals to protest what many see
as an erosion of freedoms promised in 1997. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
KATIE TAM and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN / The Associated PressJul 10, 2019
They persist in demands for the bill to be formally withdrawn and a probe opened into harsh tactics used by police against demonstrators. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
The Associated PressJul 1, 2019
Activists say their government is not responding to demands for a full withdrawal of extradition legislation and the resignation of the city leader. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
RAF WOBER / The Associated PressJun 21, 2019
Demonstrators pressure the government over highly unpopular legislation that many see as eroding the territory's judicial independence. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and ELAINE KURTENBACH / The Associated PressJun 15, 2019
Carrie Lam says she regrets her handling of legislation that would allow extradition of some Hong Kong citizens to mainland China. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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