Now playing Next China Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong taken into custody after guilty plea Wong, together with fellow activists Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow, pleaded guilty to charges related to organising, taking part in and inciting protesters to join an unauthorised protest outside police headquarters last June. 23/11/2020
Now playing Next no comment Hong Kong students chant pro-democracy slogans in rare act of defiance A new national security law has all but wiped out the mass democracy protests that rocked the city last year and has left swathes of the population too scared to speak out. 19/11/2020
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Now playing Next China Hong Kong: Seven pro-democracy lawmakers arrested Police said the arrests are part of an investigation into a May 8 committee meeting in which pro-democracy lawmakers rushed toward the chairperson’s seat and security guards shoved back. 01/11/2020
Now playing Next no comment Hong Kong sees heavy police presence on China's national day Last year clashes broke out between protesters and police during the event, but China has since imposed a security law that has mostly quelled dissent. 01/10/2020
Now playing Next China Hong Kong begins mass-testing for virus amid public doubts More than 500,000 people in the city of 7.5 million signed up in advance for the program, which will last at least a week. 01/09/2020
Now playing Next no comment Japan shows support for Hong Kong with human chain at demo Protesters in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, formed a human chain in a "stand with Hong Kong" demonstration, calling on their government to take a firm stance against China's imposition of strict national security laws over the former British territory. 23/08/2020
Now playing Next China Hong Kong slams US decision to suspend extradition and tax treaties Hong Kong has faced mounting international pressure following Beijing's implementation of a national security law which has been viewed as an attack on the “one country, two systems” framework under which the city has been governed since its return to China in 1997. 20/08/2020
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Now playing Next no comment Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon released on bail Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai was released on bail over a day after he and other critics of China were rounded up by police as part of a widening crackdown on dissent. 12/08/2020
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Now playing Next China Hong Kong: China sanctions US politicians and pro-democracy groups The number of Americans named by the ministry exactly equals the number of Hong Kong and Chinese officials placed on a sanctions list by the US last week. 11/08/2020
Now playing Next China US imposes sanctions on Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam The sanctions were authorised by an executive order that President Donald Trump signed recently to levy penalties against China for its efforts to curtail anti-government protesters in Hong Kong. 07/08/2020
Now playing Next China Hong Kong disqualifies 12 opposition candidates from election The pro-democracy candidates had hoped to obtain a majority in the upcoming elections. 30/07/2020
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Now playing Next world news China warns EU not to interfere in Hong Kong matters The EU said the China security law was "a matter of grave concern" and eroded Hong Kong's rights to freedom. 29/07/2020
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Now playing Next China Hong Kongers get creative with protests to skirt new security law Faced with stiff punishments under Beijing's new security law, Hong Kong protesters are finding creative ways to circumvent the new reality. 21/07/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Hong Kong: UK suspends extradition treaty over security law Amid deteriorating relations with China, the UK's foreign minister announced a suspension of the country's extradition treaty with its former colony, Hong Kong. 20/07/2020