Hong Kong Umbrella Movement

HONG KONG—Three days before the end of a public consultation on political reform, Hong Kong pro-democracy groups reaffirm Hongkongers’ resolve to reject a very restrictive Beijing reform package.

Hong Kong police arrested 33 people on Sunday after scuffles broke out at a protest in a border town, in the latest example of heightened tensions over the growing influx of mainland Chinese shoppers in the city.

HONG KONG—Five days after rapper Common sent a shout-out to the Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrators during an Oscars acceptance speech, Selma opened to a full house in the city.

The Hong Kong police has scheduled “arrest appointments” for another batch of protesters who took part in last year’s pro-democracy street demonstrations on Thursday.

On the back of a sizable budget surplus, Hong Kong’s finance secretary announced handouts and tax cuts for those affected by the Occupy protests.

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement got an unexpected but welcome call of support at the 2015 Oscars.

Unpopular pro-establishment Hong Kong lawmaker Regina Ip experienced a smashing start to the Year of the Sheep.

Hong Kong’s “wolf” just unsettled the city’s residents by asking them to take after this Lunar New Year’s zodiac animal.

“Out of control.” That’s what a Hong Kong magistrate called the illicit transport of milk powder from the city last year.

Hong Kong’s professionals barely, if ever, let their thoughts stray to politics. This year though, the switch was flipped.

The Umbrella Movement didn’t just politically awaken Hongkongers; it also brought out their artistic side.

Chinese authorities have seized a large quantity of toilet paper and tissues packets bearing the image of embattled Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying.