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Watch live: Hong Kong begins 2020 with massive pro-democracy protest

Thousands have taken to the streets on New Year's Day.

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Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong clash with police

Around 100 protesters target Chinese traders in a Hong Kong shopping mall and are violently tackled by police in civilian clothes.

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Protesters in Hong Kong clash with police in shopping mall

Clashes between demonstrators and plain-clothes police took place at the Harbour City shopping mall in the Tsim Sha Tsui district of Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong protest descends in to chaos

Police clashed with demonstrators in Hong Kong as a rally in support of China's Uighur community descended into chaos

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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

Sweden

Sweden charges former China envoy over Gin Minhai meetings

Swedish prosecutors suspect Anna Lindstedt of organising a meeting in January between Gui’s daughter, China's ambassador and two businessmen about the possible release of her father, a dissident bookseller who is current imprisoned.

China

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 marchers keep pressure on Lam after local vote

Marching near the waterfront on the Kowloon side of Victoria Harbour, they sought to keep the pressure on city leader Carrie Lam after pro-democracy candidates won district council elections a week earlier.

China

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.

The Cube

China anger over new US law that backs Hong Kong protesters

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

China

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.

China

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.

China

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.

World

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.

China

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.

China

Protesters fire arrows at Hong Kong police

Pro-democracy protestors are focusing their fight on a university campus in the Chinese territory’s central Kowloon district.

China

China sends troops onto Hong Kong's street's to clean up after protests

A city spokesman said it was a “voluntary community activity” by the People's Liberation Army, adding that the city government did not request assistance from the PLA, which has stayed confined to its garrison during six months of protests.

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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.

United Kingdom

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.

China

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.