China has sent seven health officials to Hong Kong -- the first members of a 60-person team that will carry out widespread testing for COVID-19 in the territory as the global financial hub races to halt a third wave of illness.

China sends team of seven to Hong Kong to do widespread coronavirus testing

Hong Kong opened a temporary field hospital with 500 beds on Saturday to house stable COVID-19 patients as the city battles a new wave of virus infections. The financial hub had been a poster child for tackling the coronavirus, with local transmissions all but ended by early summer.

Hong Kong opens makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients

The sacking of a prominent Hong Kong democracy activist, Benny Tai, has sent a new chill through the semi-autonomous city's campuses already rattled by Beijing imposition of a sweeping national security law last month that has begun to criminalise certain political views.

Anger grows over sacking of activist by Hong Kong university

Hong Kong will stop most ships from changing crews in the territory from Wednesday to cut back on quarantine exemptions blamed for causing a third wave of coronavirus cases.

Hong Kong tightens quarantine rules for sea and flight crews

The city of Hong Kong is dying a slow death. Publishers are practicing self-censorship. Professionals are thinking about moving out of the city. Has the new National Security Law created more trouble for China?

Gravitas: Hong Kong is dying a slow death

The legislation is the most sweeping change to the political landscape of Hong Kong since it was handed back to China by the UK in 1997.

Hong Kong transformed Hotel into National Security office

In the backdrop of China passing its controversial national security law in Hong Kong, activist groups in the city have disappeared from social media, and most pro-democracy campaigns shut fearing repercussions.

Activists in Hong Kong shut shop as China approves national security law

Carrie Lam is called the person who sold Hong Kong to China. She's a leader who calls her own people the enemies. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay gets you the story of Hong Kong's Chief executive.

Gravitas: Carrie Lam: A leader who sold Hong Kong

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday called China's proposed national security legislation on Hong Kong disastrous and said it could have an impact on the favorable economic treatment the territory receives from the United States.

Mike Pompeo: U.S. condemns China's 'disastrous proposal' on Hong Kong

China's senior legislator explained the legislative procedures and principles of a draft decision on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) to safeguard national security, which was submitted to China's national legislature for deliberation on Friday.

China's new law calls for 'improving' law enforcement in Hong Kong

Riot police in Hong Kong fired tear gas in an effort to disperse protesters on Tuesday (December 24), who were staging anti-government rallies in Tsim Sha Tsui district.

Hong Kong riot police fire tear gas as Christmas Eve protests intensify

Hong Kong's police watchdog is unequipped to investigate the force's handling of months of pro-democracy protests, a panel of international experts appointed by the city's own government has found.

Hong Kong police watchdog unequipped to probe own force's handling of protests: Report

Hong Kong protesters marked Friday's death of a university student injured in a high fall during a pro-democracy rally this week with candlelight vigils and now-familiar street clashes across the Chinese-ruled territory.

Hong Kong vigils for dead student become violent as activists set streets ablaze

A man accused of crashing his car into the security barriers surrounding Britain's Houses of Parliament was charged with attempted murder, police said. Salih Khater, 29, a Sudanese-born British national living in Birmingham, central England, will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Monday, police said.

Hong Kong unrest: Protesters clash with police at malls, face petrol bombs and tear gas

Hundreds of black-clad pro-democracy demonstrators chanted "Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times" outside the High Court on Wednesday as a leading activist appeared to appeal a six-year jail sentence for rioting in 2016.

Hong Kong protesters stage peaceful rallies calling for 'liberation'

Hong Kong police fired tear gas at pro-democracy protesters on Sunday after tens of thousands hit the streets once more to defy a ban on face masks despite half the city's subway stations remaining closed.

Police fire tear gas as large crowds defy Hong Kong mask ban

Hong Kong fell eerily silent on Saturday, with the subway and most shopping malls closed in an unprecedented shutdown of one of the world's biggest commercial centres after the government invoked emergency measures to curb months of unrest.

Hong Kong goes quiet as subway, shops close after night of violence

Protesters read out a declaration in a Hong Kong shopping mall for a provisional government Friday in response to an anti-mask law announced by Carrie Lam, the city's embattled leader.

Hong Kong: Protesters gather in mall to read out declaration forming provisional city government

Hong Kong’s metro system stayed shut on Saturday, paralysing transport in the Asian financial hub after a night of chaos in which police shot a teenage boy and pro-democracy protesters torched businesses and metro stations.

Hundreds return to Hong Kong streets as metro, shops shut after violence

About 200 protesters, including secondary students in the same class as a protester who was shot point-blank by police, held a demonstration outside his school on Wednesday.

Students rally after Hong Kong police shoots teenage protester in chest

Fierce clashes broke out between protesters and riot police in Hong Kong Sunday as thousands marched through the strife-torn city, during a day of global protests aimed at casting a shadow over communist China's upcoming 70th birthday.

Hong Kong clashes as China 70th anniversary celebrations near

Hong Kong pro-democracy protests on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of communist China's founding on Tuesday will be "very, very dangerous", police in the city warned Monday.

Hong Kong police warn National Day protests will be 'very, very dangerous'

Hong Kong protesters were rebuilding Lennon Walls of anti-government graffiti on Saturday as they marked the fifth anniversary of the "Umbrella" democracy movement that gridlocked the territory for weeks.

Hong Kong protesters rebuild 'Lennon Walls' ahead of China National Day

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will hold her first talks with the public on Thursday in a bid to resolve a political crisis that has fuelled nearly four months of sometimes violent protests and plunged the Chinese-run city into chaos.

Hong Kong unrest: Leader Carrie Lam to hold first talks in bid to end crisis

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