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As China showed off its military might in an elaborate parade marking the country's 70th anniversary under Communist Party rule Tuesday, violent clashes erupted between pro-democracy demonstrators and security forces in Hong Kong in a direct challenge

Police shot a protester in Hong Kong Tuesday as officers employed live rounds in an effort to control escalating pro-democracy demonstrations in the city on the 70th anniversary of Communist rule in mainland China, according to NBC News . Hong Kong offici

Pro-democracy politicians hit out at the police for failing to arrest pro-China attackers in white T-shirts at the weekend.

ABC cameraman Robert Koenig-Luck tells of 13 days on the streets of Hong Kong, dealing with tear gas, heat, humidity and exhaustion to cover a volatile and unpredictable story.

The commentaries came a day after thousands of protesters joined a peaceful march to the US consulate in Hong Kong.

Over the weekend in Hong Kong, mostly peaceful demonstrators held a march to the U.S. Consulate, numbered in the hundreds of thousands, to get a message to President Trump and the United States. Here's more from AP: Thousands of demonstrators in Hong

Many Hong Kong citizens have a British passport, but now some are demanding full British citizenship in the wake of months of protests against actions taken by the Chinese government.

Hong Kong police have fired rubber bullets at protesters who besieged a police station in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.The clashes came amid continuing defiance from demonstrators despite the government's promise to kill a proposed law that s

Chinese companies are giving shoppers the option to pay with a facial recognition system that asks them to do little more than smile into a camera to identify themselves.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday withdrew an extradition bill that trigg...

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced Wednesday the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations, bowing to one of the protesters' demands in the hope of ending the increasingly violent unrest.

China has said it could impose emergency rule on Hong Kong in its sternest warning since pro-democracy protests began thirteen weeks ago.

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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Friday ahead of another...

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Hong Kong's public broadcaster RTHK and journalists from other media outlets became the target of hundreds of pro-government protesters who picketed the station's premises in Kowloon Tong, hurling insults and attacking reporters for an hour on Sat

Hong Kong protests turned violent Saturday for the first time in nearly two weeks, as hundreds of demonstrators dressed in black and armed with baseball bats and bamboo poles hurled gas bombs and bricks at police. Hong Kong police brandished batons and fi

Protesters threw bricks and gasoline bombs at police, who responded with tear gas, as chaotic scenes returned to the summer-long anti-government protests on Saturday for the first time in nearly two weeks.

Responding to China tariffs, the president leaned on American companies to make "your products in the USA"

Protesters hold up placards in support of a bill that would require Washington to sanction officials who limit or abuse Hongkongers' rights and freedoms.