From the systematic purge of dissenters within the communist party to targetting students in Hong Kong to the sickening reality of millions of Uighurs in detention camps in Xinjiang province, Xi Jinping's China is veering towards dangerous majoritarianism and dictatorship.

WION Edit: Is Xi Jinping facing rebellion from within?

Hong Kong Election: Pro-Democracy parties ahead in 12 out of 18 districts. Watch video to know more.

Hong Kong Election: Pro-Democracy parties ahead in 12 out of 18 districts

Hong Kong election: Pro-democracy parties make major gains. Watch video to know more.

Hong Kong election: Pro-democracy parties make major gains

'We will continue to fight': Hong Kongers react to record turnout in local body elections

Watch in WION Dispatch: Big blow to China backed Hong Kong govt. Watch this video as WION's Special Correspondent of Washington Times, Ryan Ho Kilpatrick tells you more on this. #WIONDispatch

WION Dispatch: Big blow to China backed Hong Kong govt

It's a landslide victory for pro-democracy lawmakers in the Hong Kong district council elections, which is being seen as a de-facto referendum on the city's Beijing-backed government to which China responded by saying no matter what the outcome is Hong Kong will always remain its part.

Hong Kong elections: Young voters attributed to landslide gains for pro-democracy campaigners

In Hong Kong Election, Democracy backers win 390 of 452 seats. Watch video to know more.

Hong Kong Election: Democracy backers win 390 of 452 seats

Hong Kong Election: Pro-democracy parties win 90% of the seats. Watch video to know more.

Hong Kong Election: Pro-democracy parties win 90% of the seats

Elections took place in Hong Kong amid Intensifying protests. 1,090 Candidates are contesting for the district elections.

Voting for District Elections Underway in Hong Kong

Polls closed in Hong Kong with no major disruptions on Sunday after people turned out in huge numbers to vote in district council elections seen as a test of support for chief executive Carrie Lam following six months of pro-democracy protests.

Hong Kong council polls close amid record turnout; locals hope for full democracy, peace and calm

Election result to bring change in Hong Kong? Watch video to know more.

Election result to bring change in Hong Kong?

Hong Kong voters at some polling stations for district council elections were queuing up by the hundreds on Sunday morning, citing concerns voting could be halted later in the day after six months of sometimes violent unrest in the Chinese-controlled city.

Hong Kong voters queue up early over fears of later clashes

Hong Kong: Record numbers vote in district council polls. Watch video to know more.

Hong Kong: Record numbers vote in district council polls

Does Donald Trump seek Hong Kong crisis with Trade lens?

I saved lives in Hong Kong says Donald Trump

Soldiers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) practised drills at an army barracks bordering Hong Kong's Polytechnic University on Saturday (November 23) according to a Reuters witness.

Chinese soldiers in riot gear practice drills near Hong Kong university: Witness

An uneasy calm settled over Hong Kong on Saturday as the city prepared to go to the polls for local elections seen as a referendum on months of anti-government protests, after weeks of especially violent clashes between police and demonstrators.

'Time to calm down': Hong Kong protests simmer ahead of local elections

Hong Kong: Inside Polytechnic University, a few dozen holdouts plot their next move. Watch video to know more.

Hong Kong: Inside Polytechnic University, a few dozen holdouts plot their next move

US President Donald Trump said Friday he had saved Hong Kong from being destroyed by persuading Chinese President Xi Jinping to hold off on sending in troops to crush its pro-democracy movement.

Hong Kong would be 'obliterated in 14 minutes' if not for me: Donald Trump

The Hong Kong police are pursuing arrests as students continue to hole up in the ravaged Polytechnic University in the Kowloon peninsula. Today, eight students were arrested after they surrendered to the riot police who had surrounded the campus.

Hong Kong university siege: 8 students arrested after surrender

Watch in WION Dispatch: Hong Kong's truly democratic polls this weekend. Watch this video as WION's Special Correspondent of Washington Times, Ryan Ho Kilpatrick tells you more on this. #WIONDispatch

WION Dispatch: Hong Kong's truly democratic polls this weekend

The ongoing district elections in Hong Kong have been dangerous owing to the anti-government protests in the city. Polling stations are due to open across Hong Kong on Sunday morning as the semi-autonomous city of 7.

Hong Kong set to vote for district councillors amid anti-government protests

The Hong Kong police said on Wednesday that they intend to stick to peaceful solutions to the standoff at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Ho Yeung-sing, Chief Superintendent and Commander of Yau Tsim District of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, made the statement outside the PolyU campus, calling protesters to drop their weapons and leave the campus in a peaceful manner.

Give up weapons and leave campus peacefully, Hong Kong police chief appeals to students

Global shares slid on Thursday as a fresh row between Washington and Beijing over US bills on Hong Kong could complicate their trade negotiation and delay a "phase one" deal that investors had initially hoped to be inked by now.

Shares stumble as China-US row over Hong Kong clouds trade deal outlook

Inside the increasingly empty and trashed campus of a Hong Kong university only a handful of activists held out on Thursday as they desperately searched for ways to escape or hide while squads of police encircled the grounds.

'Too scared to escape': Isolated protesters hold out on trashed Hong Kong campus

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