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On the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from British to Chinese rule, the founder of one of the territory's biggest political parties has taken a swipe at Hong Kong's ruling elite. Hong Kong's new leader, Carrie Lam, was sworn in today by Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

The Italian fashion house is just one of many top Western firms that have found themselves on the wrong end of Hong Kong's dizzying real estate boom. The price of commercial property in prime areas of the city has almost doubled since the U.K. handed it ... ( read original story ...)

Today's Hong Kong, a bustling home to over seven million people, is very different from how it was in the 1950s and 1960s. At that point in time, the British colony was embracing a large inflow of immigrants from mainland China after Communist leader Mao ... ( read original story ...)

A chronology of key events: 1842 - China cedes Hong Kong island to Britain after the First Opium War. Over the decades, thousands of Chinese migrants fleeing domestic upheavals settle in the colony. 1898 - China leases the New Territories together with 235 ... ( read original story ...)

President Xi Jinping has warned Hong Kong not to challenge Beijing's authority, 20 years after it took back the colony from Britain. During a swearing-in ceremony for Hong Kong's new leader, he said any activities threatening China's sovereignty and ... ( read original story ...)

Strolling through Vancouver's Kerrisdale neighbourhood, historian Henry Yu reflects on how immigrants from Hong Kong have helped shape the city over the past two decades. "Vancouver is one of the main places that a lot of Hong Kong Chinese came to ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong's new leader on Saturday with a stark warning that Beijing won't tolerate any challenge to its authority in the divided city as it marked the 20th anniversary of its return from Britain to China. Police ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Saturday that any activities in Hong Kong seen as threatening China's sovereignty and stability would be "absolutely impermissible," employing some of his harshest language yet against burgeoning separatist sentiment in ... ( read original story ...)

An annual protest march has begun in Hong Kong, hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up his visit to the city by warning against challenges to Beijing's sovereignty. Thousands of protesters joined the rally organized by a pro-democracy ... ( read original story ...)

He has filed stories from every continent for CBC News. Instagram: @sasapetricic Stroke by stroke, the white paint goes on thick against the black cloth spread on a Hong Kong rooftop. The Chinese characters are bold, and so are the accusations against the ... ( read original story ...)

Chung Yick is one of Hong Kong’s handover kids – he was born in 1997, the same year China took control of his home city from Britain, putting an end to more than 150 years of colonial rule. This Saturday marks 20 years from the day that handover was ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police have released several activists detained for staging ... They have not been charged, reported AFP news agency. Their protest was the second one this week at the monument - activists had earlier draped a large black flag over the sculpture ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong marks the 20th anniversary of the end of British rule this Saturday. The Asian financial hub was handed over to mainland China on July 1, 1997, after spending more than 150 years as a British colony. It has been a tumultuous two decades. ( read original story ...)

President Xi Jinping inspected troops based in Hong Kong on Friday as he asserts Chinese authority over the former British colony China took control of 20 years ago. Xi rode in an open-top jeep past rows of soldiers lined up on an airstrip on his visit to ... ( read original story ...)