LONDON (AP) — They smashed glass windows, sprayed rude graffiti and defaced Hong Kong's official emblem with black paint. But of all the dramatic photos showing hundreds of young protesters ...

Hong Kong’s flag has only been officially in use since 1997. It was adopted as the British handed the territory back to China, at which time a corresponding flower emblem also replaced Queen ...

Among the hundreds of thousands of protesters who have clogged the streets of Hong Kong in recent weeks, silver-haired, bespectacled “Grandma Wong”, usually seen waving a large British flag ...

Hong Kong was handed over by the British to China on July 1 1997 (Picture: Getty) Activists stormed the legislature and flew the Union Flag as well as the former colonial flag (Picture: Rex) ...

The flags of China (front R) and Hong Kong are seen in front of a large banner that was hung by pro-democracy protesters at Lion Rock, in Hong Kong October 23, 2014. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu By Venus Wu ...

Protesters hold a British National passport and Hong Kong colonial flag in a shopping mall during a protest against China’s national security legislation in May 2020. Kin Cheung, file/AP ...

An anti-extradition bill protester carries an American flag during the march at Mongkok, in Hong Kong, August 3, 2019. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) ...

Hong Kong national security police have arrested four people, aged 15 to 47, for allegedly conspiring to subvert state power ...

HONG KONG (REUTERS) - Developments in Hong Kong have affected confidence in a system of government intended to ensure the Chinese-ruled city's autonomy, though its rule of law remained robust ...

LONDON — They smashed glass windows, sprayed rude graffiti and defaced Hong Kong’s official emblem with black paint. But of all the dramatic photos showing hundreds of young protesters ...

On a day supposed to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the "motherland," other protesters were pictured defiantly flying giant Union flags in the Legislative Council.