Politics of Hong Kong

Heavy rain fell on tens of thousands of umbrella-toting protesters on Aug. 18 as they marched from a packed park in central Hong Kong, where mass pro-democracy demonstrations have become a regular weekend activity this summer.

That happened during the meeting, at which hundreds of people from Chinese community in this Australian city gathered.

Demonstrators crowded the arrivals hall at Hong Kong airport on Aug. 9, handing out anti-government leaflets and waving banners in a dozen languages in an effort to raise awareness among visitors ahead of a weekend of protests planned across the city.   

Hong Kong is facing its worst crisis since it returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997, the head of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office said on Aug. 7, as more protests were set to rock the Asian financial hub.

Hong Kong protesters ignored police warnings and streamed past the designated endpoint for a rally on Aug. 3 in the latest of a series of demonstrations targeting the government of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.

Hong Kong police clashed with thousands of protesters on July 28, as they sought to defend China's main representative office from crowds seething over what many see as an increasing cycle of violence against them.

Protesters in Hong Kong who are resisting the government's move to legalize extradition to mainland China received solidarity and support on July 26 at a musical evening in Turkey.

Hong Kong police on July 22defended their actions and the lack of arrests after opposition lawmakers said police had failed to protect a train full of anti-government protesters from a triad gangster attack on July 21.

A tense calm descended on Hong Kong early on July 2, hours after police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who had stormed the legislature in chaotic scenes to protest against an extradition bill in a direct challenge to Beijing.

Combative protesters tried to break into the Hong Kong legislature on July 1 as a crowd of thousands were marching in that direction on the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's return to China.