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Marathon bail proceedings for 47 Hong Kong democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion enter the fourth day on Thursday, in a landmark case after the most sweeping use yet of the ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing’s legislature expected to tighten rules on who can run for office in Hong Kong during week-long session. ( read original story ...)

Democracy activists in Hong Kong have staged the biggest protest against a new national security law in months. Hundreds of people gathered outside the court in which 47 fellow activists appeared on ... ( read original story ...)

A marathon bail hearing entered its third day as dozens of Hong Kong democracy activists returned to court on Wednesday in a mass subversion prosecution that has reignited international concern over ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong teenager became the youngest person so far to plead guilty to rioting during 2019's huge pro-democracy protests on Wednesday, as he admitted throwing a petrol bomb at police when aged just ... ( read original story ...)

China is expected to unveil new political controls on Hong Kong at this week’s meeting of its rubber-stamp parliament, which is also likely to showcase President Xi Jinping’s further consolidation of ... ( read original story ...)

China's rubber-stamp legislature meets this week in the Communist Party's biggest political set-piece of the year, with speculation Beijing will use the event to further tighten the noose on Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government has been thrust into “crisis mode” after a Hong Kong-based renewable energy fund broke a longstanding taboo and became the first to lodge an arbitration claim against the state ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong authorities are investigating the death of a chronically ill man who died two days after he received a COVID-19 vaccine. ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong court adjourned a second hearing on Tuesday of 47 pro-democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, a case that has stoked global concern that Beijing is using a ... ( read original story ...)

A 63-year-old man in Hong Kong died two days after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine shot, the Department of Health said in a statement, although it was uncertain if there was a direct ink between his ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese leaders could use the year's biggest political gathering to accelerate their push for technological self-sufficiency and tighten their grip over Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

The hearing comes just days before China’s annual legislature is expected to unveil changes to the city’s political system to keep out politicians who aren’t considered national patriots in the future ... ( read original story ...)

The prosecution of 47 democracy activists for participating in a primary vote is the widest use of a draconian law that Beijing imposed on the financial center. ( read original story ...)