Hong Kong protests

Supporters of free and open elections in Hong Kong march through the city streets ahead of a crucial vote on political reform in the city's Legislative Council.

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Hong Kong Protesters Renew Push For Electoral Reform

6:20am June 15, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Although turnout was far short of what activists had hoped for, demonstration leaders have promised nightly vigils to push for direct elections for the territory's next chief executive.

Rolls of toilet paper and packages of tissue paper printed with images of pro-Beijing Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying are shown Democratic Party Vice Chairman Lo Kin-hei in Hong Kong on Saturday.

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China Seizes Toilet Tissue Featuring Likeness Of Hong Kong Leader

11:17am February 07, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The approximately 8,000 rolls, with images of the territory's unpopular Beijing-appointed chief executive, were confiscated from a factory on the mainland.

Thousands of pro-democracy activists on Sunday take part in a democracy march to Central, demanding universal suffrage in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Activists Stage New Protest

8:08pm February 01, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Organizers say 13,000 showed up for the rally, far fewer than had joined previous protests against China's insistence on hand-picking candidates for the territory's next chief executive.

Police Finish Dismantling Hong Kong Protest Sites

9:14pm December 11, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

The main camp, which had stood for more than two months, was the center of the city's pro-democracy demonstrations.

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Hong Kong police arrest lawmaker and pro-democracy activist Leung Kwok-Hung during a sit-in Thursday as police clear the main protest site in the Admiralty district.

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In Hong Kong, Police Clear Final 'Occupy' Protest Site

11:02am December 11, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

Following months of acts of civil disobedience to demand democratic reforms, police have rousted the final bastion of what's come to be known as the Umbrella Revolution.

Pro-democracy activists tents are seen Tuesday on the road outside Hong Kong's Government Complex.

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Officials Set To Dismantle Final 'Occupy' Camp In Hong Kong

12:24pm December 10, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

After two months of demonstrations, police said they would clear a camp near the government offices in the Central business district. Students planned one last sit-in.

A policeman clashes with pro-democracy protesters during an operation to clear an occupied road near the government headquarters in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong early on Monday.

Hong Kong Police Repel Protesters' Run On Government Complex

2:47pm December 01, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

Reneging on a weeks-long understanding with the government, students tried to storm the chief executive's headquarters. Police were able to push back protesters.

Pro-democracy protesters set up a new roadblock close to the chief executive office in Hong Kong late Sunday.

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Hong Kong Police Push Back Pro-Democracy Protesters

2:38pm November 30, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The student-led demonstrations calling for greater freedom in the Chinese territory have been going on for more than two months with no sign of compromise from Beijing.

Masked pro-democracy protesters move a barricade farther away from an office tower Tuesday in accordance to a court injunction to clear up part of the protest site, after the arrival of bailiffs outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong. Authoritie

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Hong Kong Clears Part Of Main Protest Camp

7:21pm November 18, 2014

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

Pro-democracy protesters had held the site outside Hong Kong's main government buildings for nearly two months. "We will proceed on the principle of peace and nonviolence," said one protest leader.

Federation of Students representatives Alex Chow Yong-kang (second left), Eason Chung Yiu-wa (second right) and Nathan Law Kwun-chung (right) talk to the media before trying to board a plane to Beijing on Saturday. They were told that Beijing authorities

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Hong Kong Democracy Leaders Barred From Traveling To Beijing

1:10pm November 15, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Three student activists, including Alex Chow, were stopped at the airport as they sought to board a flight in hopes of meeting with Chinese leaders.