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Hong Kong’s legislature has passed a contentious bill that makes it illegal to insult the Chinese national anthem. ( read original story ...)

News Agency Protesting lawmakers yanked from Hong Kong legislature. Posted . Two protesting lawmakers were forcibly removed from Hong Kong's legislature after they threw a foul-sm ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s legislature passed a law making disrespect of China’s national anthem a crime, as people prepared to hold memorials for the victims of Beijing’s 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, despite ... ( read original story ...)

Life in Hong Kong had only just started to resemble a new normal after the threat of the pandemic subsided. But there they were again on May 24, dressed in black, ready for the storm brewing. “This is ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's Legislative Council passed a bill on Thursday that would criminalise disrespect of China's national anthem, a move critics see as the latest sign of Beijing's tightening grip on the city. ( read original story ...)

Beijing majority said the law was necessary for Hong Kong citizens to show appropriate respect for the anthem. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's Legislative Council passed a bill on Thursday that would criminalize disrespect of China's national anthem, a move critics see as the latest sign of Beijing's tightening grip on the city. ( read original story ...)

China tightened controls over dissidents while pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and elsewhere sought ways to mark the 31st anniversary Thursday of the crushing of the pro-democracy movement ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong marked China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown on Thursday, with candle-light ceremonies planned across the city after authorities banned a mass vigil at a time of seething anger over a planned ... ( read original story ...)

The event was barred for the first time over coronavirus concerns, but participants fear a move to restrict speech. ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong legislative debate was suspended Thursday afternoon ahead of an expected vote on a contentious national anthem bill after pro-democracy lawmakers staged a ... ( read original story ...)

Authorities have outlawed the annual commemoration that drew tens of thousands each year, highlighting the rapid loss of political freedoms in the city. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong still has the "essential framework" of an excellent global business centre, even with new national security legislation coming in from China, says Geoff Hill, chairman of International ... ( read original story ...)

A final vote is expected later on Thursday on the bill, which says "all individuals and organisations" should respect and dignify the anthem, playing and singing it on "appropriate occasions". It ... ( read original story ...)