Hong Kong – Meet the Post-80s Generation and discover what motivates them: Updated with audio-visual report

Hong Kong – It’s just a short railway spur, running 26 km from Kowloon to the border with China. But it has ignited a slew of protests and rallies which culminated in angry crowds besieging the Legislative Council, trapping lawmakers and government officials inside for six hours. The controversy...

Hong Kong – Heroic fight for democracy or pointless political farce? It’s a question that has polarised Hong Kong politics since five pro-democracy lawmakers resigned in late January in a bid to trigger a self-styled “referendum” on electoral reform.

Hong Kong – Thumbnail sketches of the five legislators who resigned in January over the slow pace of electoral reform in Hong Kong:

Hong Kong – The origins of this confrontation date back to the Sino-British negotiations on the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China. On December 19, 1984, Britain and China signed the Joint Declaration, setting out the terms of the return of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China in 1997....

Only half of the 60 members of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (Legco) are directly elected The other half are returned by “functional constituencies”, drawn from trade, business and various professional sectors and special interest groups. Some of these are returned by “corporate voting”...