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Clashes have broken out in Hong Kong’s legislature for a second time this month as a pro-Beijing lawmaker was elected as chair of a key committee that scrutinizes bills. ( read original story ...)

The scuffles erupted as lawmakers debated the leadership of a committee that would consider legislation that would make it illegal to insult the Chinese national anthem. ( read original story ...)

Clashes broke out in Hong Kong's legislature for the second time this month on Monday as the city's pro-democracy camp tried to scupper a controversial law that bans insulting China's national anthem. ( read original story ...)

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned the Chinese government against interfering with American journalists in Hong Kong, stating doing so would force the United States to reconsider the territory ... ( read original story ...)

While Hong Kong's police had no systemic issues as an institution, their alleged use of force in the city's protests remains a personal and legal question by way of the complaints we received, says ... ( read original story ...)

The number of job vacancies for university graduates in Hong Kong has been more than halved, and the average salary could be slashed by up to 20 per cent, amid a double whammy of protests and the ... ( read original story ...)

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday warned China against interfering with American journalists working in Hong Kong, in an escalating row between the two countries over press freedom and other ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said it had come to his attention that the Chinese government had threatened to interfere with the work of U.S. journalists in Hong Kong, and said any ... ( read original story ...)

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a warning Sunday to China over allegations that the Chinese government threatened to interfere with American journalists reporting in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

An overseas expert who withdrew from the Hong Kong police watchdog's investigation of last year's anti-government unrest has announced a separate report on the unrest, as a group of protesters ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing and some Hong Kong officials have frequently flagged the education system as a potential breeding ground for the large-scale, often-violent pro-democracy protests which roiled the city in the ... ( read original story ...)

A history exam question asking Hong Kong students to assess colonial Japan's occupation of China sparked a rebuke by Beijing on Friday and reignited a row over academic freedoms in the semi-autonomous ... ( read original story ...)

Virtually the entire population of Hong Kong wore masks voluntarily from the beginning. They have had four COVID deaths. ( read original story ...)

SCMP Creating a travel link with Macau has advantages for Hong Kong in formulating a strategy to eventually open to the wider world in the pandemic’s wake. May Tse . Travel a ... ( read original story ...)