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Hong Kong

Blue British National Overseas passports (BNO) and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China passports are displayed
Migration
Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers have applied for special new UK visas
Red building in China with people in masks mingling in front of it
Hong Kong politics
In Hong Kong, lighting a candle for Tiananmen victims is now a crime
A helmeted head is blurry in the foreground, behind it, a line of protesters on a balcony
Global Politics
The problem with offers of citizenship to those fleeing Hong Kong
S3 E5 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – Democracy! (Yawn)
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A young woman writing on a notepad
Global Nation Education
I am from Hong Kong, not China
A man stands in the middle of Grand Central Terminal as he speaks on a cell phone.
If you get a robocall in Mandarin, just hang up
Arts, Culture & Media
Hong Kong Cinema
Arts, Culture & Media
Hong Kong Cinema
Arts, Culture & Media
Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
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Global Politics
Tensions, lockdown mark 20th anniversary of Hong Kong handover
Student leader Joshua Wong (C) greets candidate Nathan Law (2nd R) as supporters share their joy after Law won in the Legislative Council election in Hong Kong, China September 5, 2016.
Global Politics
Hong Kong’s anti-China activists are celebrating their victory
A campaigner carries a former colonial Hong Kong flag during a Hong Kong-UK reunification demonstration outside the British Consulate in Hong Kong on July 1, 2016, the 19th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to Chinese sovereignty from British rule.
Global Politics
There’s a movement to turn Hong Kong back into a British colony
Police officers block protesters during a demonstration in Hong Kong against a visit by a top official from Beijing
Global Politics
Massive security operation shuts down protest in Hong Kong as top Chinese official visits
Hong Kong China free speech protest
Global Politics
For Hong Kong dissidents challenging China, ‘it feels like 1984’
Hong Kong lawmakers protesting the disappearance of Lee Bo, one of the booksellers
Justice
China parades missing Hong Kong booksellers before TV cameras
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying looks on as he meets journalists in Hong Kong.
Technology
Facebook’s new ‘angry’ emoji has become a powerful weapon for Hong Kong activists
Pro-democracy protesters dismantle a barricade, in accordance with a court injunction to clear part of the protest site. The demonstrators set up camp at the end of September 2014.
Conflict
Barricades come down in Hong Kong, but the protest movement is far from over
A protester throws an umbrella at riot police as fellow demonstrators blocked the main street to the central financial district outside government headquarters in Hong Kong on September 29, 2014.
Justice
Peaceful protests in Hong Kong become violent clashes with police
A participant in the inaugural Shanghai International Debate Open 2014. Motions ranged from whether police should bear arms to whether ransoms should be paid to terrorists for the release of hostages.
Culture
Parliamentary-style debates take off in China — even if some topics are off limits
A Hong Kong resident shows a Facebook page announcing the number of votes in the city's unofficial pro-democracy referendum. Many Hong Kongers believe Beijing is trying to undermine the vote with internet attacks.
Global Politics
When Facebook goes out in Hong Kong, residents suspect Beijing flipped the switch