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The Chinese leader’s rare trip to the former British colony, which is marking 25 years under Beijing’s rule, is seen as a victory lap amid a crackdown on dissent. ( read original story ...)

Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to Hong Kong on Thursday to mark the 25th anniversary of its return from British rule and to inaugurate the administration of its new chief executive, John Lee. ( read original story ...)

Chinese President Xi Jinping officiated the swearing-in ceremony of Hong Kong's new leader John Lee on Friday as the city marked the 25th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule after being pulled ... ( read original story ...)

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is taking a victory lap in the city after Beijing imposed a crackdown that has transformed the city and crushed dissent. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s incoming and outgoing leaders attended a flag-raising ceremony Friday marking the 25th anniversary of the return to Chinese rule for the city pulled in recent years under much tighter ... ( read original story ...)

Xi Jinping is visiting Hong Kong in his first trip outside mainland China since the pandemic began as the city marks the 25th anniversary of its handover to Chinese rule on July 1. Follow live updates ... ( read original story ...)

While Hong Kong is part of China, the policy has given the Special A Region (SAR) a high degree of autonomy. Here is a breakdown of how this unique system works. The "one country, two systems" ... ( read original story ...)

Boris Johnson and Antony Blinken point to dismantling of democratic rights as well as crackdowns on independent media and personal freedoms ... ( read original story ...)

In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China, triggering the start of a grand political experiment. Many were anxious about how the capitalist, free-wheeling former British colony would fare under ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will on Friday mark 25 years since the city was handed back by the British to China. President Xi Jinping is visiting the city in what is his first trip outside mainland China since January ... ( read original story ...)

In some cases, it may have opened the door to extradition to China — that’s the highly contentious issue that prompted millions in Hong Kong to begin protesting in spring 2019 after the city’s ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong was for many years a bastion of liberty and paragon of prosperity. That is testament to how its people embraced their fundamental rights and freedoms. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong as we knew it is gone,’ one analyst said, marking a new era of the Chinese Communist Party’s tight controls that begins with Xi Jinping’s historic trip this week. ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would not give up on Hong Kong and would do all it could to hold China to its commitments on democratic rights made 25 years ago when the city's sovereignty ... ( read original story ...)