CIVIL SERVANTS WORK AS NUMBERS DROP

The protesters are angry at China's plans to vet candidates when Hong Kong holds elections in 2017... READ MORE›

CHINA TO BAN IVORY TRADE WITHIN A YEAR OR SO, AS PRESSURE MOUNTS ON HONG KONG

Wildlife groups say Hong Kong's legal ivory trade provides cover for a vast illegal trade that is fueling a poaching crisis decimating elephant herds in Africa... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PROTESTERS STRIKE BACK

The Mong Kok camp in Kowloon is an offshoot of the original protest site around government offices in Admiralty on Hong Kong Island... READ MORE›

HONG KONG CLASHES AS POLICE CLEAR FOOD STALLS

Police have clashed with protesters in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong during an operation to shut down illegal food stalls... READ MORE›

FRESH CLASHES ERUPT AT HK PROTESTS

The Mong Kok camp in Kowloon is an offshoot of the original protest site around government offices in Admiralty on Hong Kong Island... READ MORE›

HK PROTESTERS DENIED BEIJING FLIGHT

Beijing has in the past blocked Hong Kong activists from travelling to mainland China... READ MORE›

HONG KONG CALLS OFF STUDENT TALKS

Under Hong Kong's current system, the chief executive is elected by a 1,200-person committee that consists primarily of pro-Beijing groups... READ MORE›

HONG KONG REFORMS 'MUST BE PASSED'

Hong kong reforms li ka-shing urges lawmakers to act... READ MORE›

WORLD AIDS DAY CUT GAY BLOOD BAN TO THREE MONTHS

Minutes later, thousands of protesters surged toward the government offices, including the headquarters of Hong Kong's chief executive, where the police were ready with barricades and anti-riot equipment... READ MORE›

EUROPE WILL FIND WAY TO KEEP BRITAIN IN EU SAYS GERMAN MINISTER

Several protesters said it was time to end the demonstrations, which have failed to win any concessions from either the Hong Kong government or the central authorities in Beijing... READ MORE›

PROTESTERS RETURN TO HONG KONGS STREETS

2 official in the Hong Kong government, told reporters on Sunday morning... READ MORE›

DAY AFTER NEW PRO-BEIJING CHIEF IS CHOSEN, HONG KONG POLICE MOVE TO ARREST ACTIVISTS

The protesters used umbrellas to defend against tear gas used by police, leading the campaign to be nicknamed the Umbrella Movement or the Umbrella Revolution... READ MORE›

BRITISH 'BANKER' ARRESTED OVER HONG KONG 'PROSTITUTE' MURDER

The women were discovered in the 31st floor flat in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong a skyscrapper-filled central area popular with young, expat professionals... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS PROTEST ON ANNIVERSARY OF HONG KONGS RETURN TO CHINA

An increasing number of these young people eschew a Chinese identity and are gravitating instead to a Hong Konger identity... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PROTESTS: VIOLENCE 'ORGANIZED', OCCUPY CENTRAL LEADERS SAY AS IT HAPPENED

Tania Branigan in Hong Kong has just sent through this video of scuffles in the Mong Kok area... READ MORE›

On Monday, the Hong Kong High Court held a brief hearing for about 30 arrested protesters, including Mr... READ MORE›

DEMONSTRATORS SET FOR BACKLASH AS CHINA'S STRANGULATION OF THE UMBRELLA REVOLUTION BEGINS

Hong Kong protests Demonstrators set for backlash as China's strangulation of the Umbrella Revolution begins... READ MORE›

HONG KONG POLICE DENY USING TRIADS TO DISRUPT PROTESTS

Hong Kong's assistant police commissioner denies allegations that criminal gangs were called in to disrupt protests in the city... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PUBLISHERS SPOOKED, ANTI-CHINA BOOKS OFF SHELVES

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi skirted a direct question on whether the men were under Chinese detention at a recent press conference... READ MORE›

HONG KONG ACTIVISTS FEAR THEY ARE BEING MONITORED BY BEIJING

Question for protesters include whether monitoring is being done by the Hong Kong government, the extent of Beijing's part, and how much information they share... READ MORE›

WHY ARE ALL THESE ANGRY MEN IN HONG KONG WEARING BRAS?

On Sunday dozens of men wearing bras gathered outside a police station in the busy Wan Chai district of Hong Kong island... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PROTESTERS WAIT FOR MIDNIGHT DEADLINE VIDEO REPORT

Phoebe Greenwood asks pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong what they think will happen next following the week-long standoff... READ MORE›

PROTESTERS AND POLICE CLASH AT LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVITIES IN HONG KONG

On Tuesday morning, officers and protesters continued to face off in the Mong Kok district, a dense, busy shopping and residential area... READ MORE›

TEBBIT WANTS EU MIGRANTS TO BE ASSESSED BY WHO THEIR FAMILY FOUGHT FOR IN WORLD WAR II

Many protesters said they were angry about police methods on top of their demand for the fully democratic election of Hong Kong's leader... READ MORE›

'MOMENTOUS SIGNIFICANCE': MODERN-DAY SLAVE TO GET HIS DAY IN COURT

Hong Kong narrowly defines human trafficking as a crime only involving cross-border sex trafficking for prostitution, meaning that victims of forced labour are not legally protected... READ MORE›

HONG KONG TO INVESTIGATE POLICE WARNING SHOTS AT CLASHES

Hong Kong police attempted to shut down unlicensed food stalls along the junction of Shan Tung Road and Portland Street in Kowloon... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PROTESTS ON NATIONAL DAY

Hong kong government due to hold first talks with protesters... READ MORE›

'NOBODY IS SAFE': THOUSANDS PROTEST IN HONG KONG OVER MISSING PUBLISHERS

The demonstrators gathered outside government headquarters - the scene of pro-democracy protests in late 2014 - carrying banners that read Release Hong Kong Booksellers Now!... READ MORE›

TEARGAS USED AND THREE MEN ARRESTED AS CLASHES CONTINUE BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS

Please read our Three men were arrested on Thursday after fresh pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong led to violent clashes between protesters and police... READ MORE›

BLOODY SCENES IN HONG KONG AS PROTESTERS AND POLICE BATTLE DURING NEW YEARS CELEBRATIONS

On Tuesday morning, Hong Kong people woke up to TV images of both protesters and officers with blood streaming down their face... READ MORE›