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Hong Kong mall protests flare as Christmas shopping season peaks

As groups of masked protesters gathered in shopping malls across Hong Kong, skirmishes broke out with riot police

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Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong mark six months of protests

Protesters have expanded their demands to include an investigation into police brutality, setting protesters free, and universal suffrage.

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Hong Kong protesters hold US flags and praise Donald Trump

Protesters took to the streets again, one week after pro-democracy candidates won a landslide victory in district council elections.

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Hong Kong's business district puts protests on the lunch menu

Hundreds of office workers in Hong Kong's business district gathered on Monday for the first in a week of lunchtime protests backing the pro-democracy movement after its resounding victory in district polls held last week.

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Hong Kong police seize roughly 4,000 petrol bombs on university campus

Hong Kong police said they had seized roughly 4,000 petrol bombs found at a university campus.

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China anger over new US law that backs Hong Kong protesters

It's likely this will worsen already fraught relations between Washington and Beijing

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Pro-democracy victory in Hong Kong puts pressure on leader Carrie Lam

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam said on Mondat that she will "listen to the opinions of members of the public humbly and seriously reflect", after pro-democracy achieved a landslide victory in the District Council elections.

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Joy at huge surge for pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong elections

Voters sent a clear signal of support for the anti-government protests that have rocked the territory for more than five months.

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Hong Kong students' sewer escape thwarted

Protesters trapped inside a Hong Kong university on Wednesday tried to flee through the sewers but firemen prevented further escape bids by blocking a manhole into the system.

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Protesters in Hong Kong Polytech University are trying to escape

Anti-government protesters remain trapped inside the Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. It follows days of confrontation between the police and students. The demonstrators are now trying to get out of the complex using ropes and even the sewage system.

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'UK should give passports to Hongkongers,' says Hong Kong politician

"It's Britain's moral and political responsibility because these are British citizens, but they are British Nationals Overseas," Emily Lau told Euronews.

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Hundreds of protesters leave university under siege by police

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said that around 100 protesters remain in the Polytechnic University campus.

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Students and protesters block Hong Kong Polytechnic University

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon remained blocked by an unconditional group of at least 100 students and other militant protesters on Saturday, while most of the remaining nine major universities in the city were no longer occupied, except for a handful of people.

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Hong Kong protesters turn university campuses into fortresses

They built concrete walls and watchtowers and had weapons that included bows and arrows, catapults and hundreds of petrol bombs.

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Police probe alleged assault in London of Hong Kong justice secretary

Police in the UK are investigating reports that Hong Kong's justice secretary Teresa Cheng was injured in an alleged assault incident in London.

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Hong Kong rocked by violent clashes as protester shot by police

Protesters threw petrol bombs at police after a weekend of clashes across the Chinese-ruled territory, marking a dramatic escalation in more than five months of often violent pro-democracy unrest.

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Hong Kong police shoot, critically wound protester

An unidentified demonstrator was undergoing surgery in critical condition in Chan Wai district, the hospital told NBC News.

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Hong Kong clashes continue

Police clashed with protesters in Hong Kong as pro-democracy supporters took to the streets for the 24th consecutive weekend

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Vigil in Hong Kong after death of student protester

Hong Kong protesters held a vigil for "martyrs" on Saturday (November 9) after a student died in hospital this week following a high fall, fueling anger among pro-democracy demonstrators who first took to the streets in June.

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Watch: Hong Kong student vigil turns into violence clashes

Chow Tsz-lok, who studied at the University of Science and Technology (UST), fell on Monday from the third to the second floor of a parking lot.