HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands attended a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Thursday to mark China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing, an anniversary given added ...

This report was published in Hong Kong Free Press on September 29, 2024. The following edited version is published as part of a content partnership agreement. September 28, 2024, marks the 10th ...

In 2014, Hong Kong protesters used umbrellas as a form of passive resistance to the city police’s use of tear gas and pepper spray as they demanded a more transparent election. The protest movement ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Scores of red Chinese flags now flap near the Hong Kong government headquarters in preparation for China’s national day as police patrolled the area thousands of demonstrators ...

Umbrellas have become a symbol of the Hong Kong protests. The people demonstrating in the streets carry umbrellas to help shade them from the hot sun. And when faced with police trying to disperse ...

Three leading Hong Kong democracy campaigners will find out if they face jail Tuesday for their involvement in mass rallies, with their trial sparking renewed alarm over shrinking political freedoms ...

28-year-old Cheng was sentenced to three months in prison for criminal contempt of court. Benny Tai (L) is co-founder of Occupy Central, one of the groups behind the 2014 Umbrella Movement rallies p ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's biggest umbrella exporter has filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong as the city enters a third week of pro-democracy protest dubbed the "umbrella revolution" ...

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong anti-government protesters marched in pouring rain on Sunday, regrouping under a sea of umbrellas after sometimes violent clashes a day earlier that prompted police to ...

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court on Thursday found teen protest leader Joshua Wong guilty of taking part in an illegal rally that sparked massive student-led pro-democracy street protests in the ...

Following a weekend of protests, a mass of demonstrators returned to Hong Kong's business district on Monday to continue calls for greater democracy. Wielding umbrellas to fight the heat as well as ...

HONG KONG — Scores of red Chinese flags now flap near the Hong Kong government headquarters in preparation for China’s national day as police patrolled the area thousands of demonstrators occupied a ...