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Reporting from Hong Kong — A black flag flew over Hong Kong’s legislative complex at dawn Monday, the anniversary of the former British colony’s handover to Chinese control in 1997.
FILE - A protester waves Hong Kong British colony flag during continuing pro-democracy rallies in Tamar Park, Hong Kong, on Sept. 3, 2019. When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to ...
HONG KONG -- When Chinese President Xi Jinping stepped off a high speed train into Hong Kong on Thursday to throngs of flag waving residents and a traditional lion dance performance, it ...
Hong Kong’s government announced it has canceled a fireworks display that day, citing concern for public safety. In Tuen Mun, protesters marched about 2 kilometers (1 1/2 miles) from a ...
HONG KONG — Among the hundreds of thousands of protesters who have clogged the streets of Hong Kong in recent weeks, silver-haired, bespectacled “Grandma Wong,” usually seen waving a large ...
But Hong Kong never enjoyed democracy under 155 years of British rule either. Governors at the time were appointed in London, and lawmakers were not directly elected to the Legislative Council ...
Britain seized Hong Kong during the First Opium War, and China's Qing Dynasty formally ceded it to the U.K. in a treaty in 1842. Until July 1997, Hong Kong was run by a British colonial ...
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