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A judge granted bail to 15 of the 47 opposition leaders arrested under the national security law, but an immediate appeal sent the whole group back to detention. ( read original story ...)

Initial decision to grant bail to 15 activists has been appealed by justice department ... ( read original story ...)

China's rubber-stamp parliament will propose ways to "improve" the electoral system to ensure there are "patriots governing Hong Kong," the body's spokesperson Zhang Yesui said Thursday. ( read original story ...)

A spokesman for China’s ceremonial legislature says the body will deliberate changes to Hong Kong’s electoral system during its annual session starting this week ... ( read original story ...)

Fewer than a third of prominent pro-democracy activists charged under a new national security law were granted bail Thursday after a hearing at a Hong Kong court. ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong court has ordered all 47 pro-democracy activists charged under a Beijing-imposed national security law to be kept in custody after the Department of Justice appealed an initial decision to ... ( read original story ...)

China's top legislative advisory body has opened its annual session against the background of a crackdown on Hong Kong's political opposition and the country’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic ... ( read original story ...)

The private development will be built in the world's most expensive housing market, and it features plans for a massive, 240,000-square-foot villa. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has been excluded from the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom because its economic policies are controlled from Beijing, the Washington-based think tank said, removing Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

A marathon court hearing for 47 democracy activists charged under Hong Kong’s national security law entered its fourth day on Thursday, as the court deliberates whether the defendants will be granted ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)