James Pomfret is a Special Correspondent for Reuters covering politics and policy in Asia, with a specialization on China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. A two-time Pulitzer finalist, his multimedia career ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong pro-democracy political party League of Social Democrats announced on Sunday it had disbanded due ...

T EARS ROLLED down Chan Po-ying’s face at the disbandment of the League of Social Democrats ( LSD ), the last functioning pro ...

Citizens of Hong Kong used to rally for more democracy every July 1. July 1 is the date when UK rule in Hong Kong ended and ...

Four more of the “47 democrats” jailed in the Hong Kong national security trial were released on Friday, ending over four years of incarceration. The second group of pro-democracy activists to ...

Since Beijing imposed a national security law in Hong Kong in 2020, the city has seen the closure of independent media ...

Beijing has tightened its grip on Hong Kong in recent years, dimming hopes that the financial center will ever become a full democracy.

Members of the pro-Beijing camp have spoken out against legal recognition of same-sex couples' rights, insisting that Hong Kong society only tolerates marriage between a man and a woman.

A top Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong affairs has warned of persisting threats in the city as a China-imposed national security law approaches its fifth anniversary. Speaking at a forum about ...

Jailed pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong shrugged and shook his head after a Hong Kong court this month announced a fresh charge of breaching the city's national security law.