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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lance Lau, an 11-year-old Hong Kong climate activist, has been called the Chinese territory's answer to Greta Thunberg. Before his school shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... ( read original story ...)

Western powers called on China on Friday to restore basic legal rights in Hong Kong and open up to scrutiny its remote Xinjiang region where more than one million ethnic Uighurs are held. The rare ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Disneyland has reopened for the second time as the semi-autonomous Chinese city again appears to have brought new coronavirus cases down to near-zero. ( read original story ...)

In a speech to the UN Human Rights Council, junior Foreign Office minister Tariq Ahmad also criticised China's imposition of national security laws on Hong Kong. "We call on China to uphold the rights ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong recorded two new local Covid-19 cases on Friday, marking the first time in three weeks the city has not had an imported infection. The Centre for Health Protection said the two cases, both ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police have officially banned a major anti-government march planned for National Day, citing Covid-19 rules and the threat to public order. The Civil Human Rights Front organised the event ... ( read original story ...)

Pro-democracy politicians call for the release of 12 Hong Kong activists arrested at sea by Chinese authorities. ( read original story ...)

Police raided a Hong Kong pub early on Friday morning, arresting four employees on suspicion of breaking the coronavirus regulations and briefly detaining 18 teenagers. The predawn operation targeted ... ( read original story ...)

He was later released, but the move is part of a widening crackdown against prominent defenders of Hong Kong’s freedoms and rule of law. Also alarming is the fate of a dozen young protestors who, on ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested prominent democracy activist Joshua Wong for his participation in a protest last October and for wearing a mask at the time. He was released the same day on bail. ( read original story ...)

The city’s wealthiest citizens are moving their money amid political unrest. ( read original story ...)

Watch "Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong arrested; 23-year-old says he faces charges linked to pro democracy demonstration in October", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong says he has been arrested on suspicion of participating in an unauthorized assembly last October. ( read original story ...)

Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong’s most visible pro-democracy activists, suggested that the authorities had political motives for charging him, at a time when the coronavirus has made mask-wearing ... ( read original story ...)