The Chinese University of Hong Kong has announced a premature end to the semester after two days of protester-police clashes on campus. Other universities also announced special term arrangements. CUHK was the epicentre of fierce clashes on Tuesday as demonstrators…

Hong Kong’s High Court on Wednesday rejected an interim injunction application filed by the head of the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK) student union which would have prohibited the police from entering the campus without a warrant and using crowd…

For Hong Kong, Armistice Day was the city’s darkest day – until Monday. A police officer shot a young protester using live ammunition and left him in critical condition, while another policeman drove his motorcycle wildly into the crowds, injuring several.…

One of Hong Kong’s best-known charity events was cancelled on Wednesday, organisers confirmed, as a result of increasingly violent pro-democracy demonstrations in the city. The 100-kilometre (62-mile) Oxfam Trailwalker, which stretches over the hills of the…

Hong Kong’s police have confirmed a man wearing black died after falling from height in Kwai Chung. The circumstances surrounding the death remain unclear. A police spesperson told HKFP that the unidentified man, aged around 30, was found unconscious on Kwai…

A 15-year-old boy was left in critical condition after being struck in the head during clashes in Tin Shui Wai on Wednesday night. At around 10pm, the boy was outside Kingswood Richly Plaza when he was hit by a suspected tear gas canister. He underwent brain…

Hong Kong’s professional body of barristers has condemned the arson at the Shatin Law Courts building on Wednesday evening. The Hong Kong Bar Association (HKBA) said the attack stood out from other instances of violence and arson because of the “symbolism”…

International students have begun to evacuate from Hong Kong as universities announced a premature end to the fall term amid protester turmoil on campuses. The South Korean consulate in Hong Kong escorted over 40 students out of the Chinese University of…

By Aidan Jones and Jasmine Leung With wooden catapults to launch petrol bombs and bows and arrows pilfered from sports departments, Hong Kong’s democracy protesters are combining new tactics with medieval tech as they battle police. Roads in the financial…

Men wielding batons assaulted a man dressed in black on Thursday morning in Sheung Shui, in scenes reminiscent of previous gang attacks against pro-democracy demonstrators. At around 11:30am, more than 10 men were filmed pummelling a person cowering outside…

The US Senate may pass a bill that would punish those deemed responsible for suppressing freedoms in Hong Kong as early as Monday, according to a senator who sponsored it. The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act – which has received rare bipartisan support…

A US Congressional body has urged Washington to suspend Hong Kong’s special trading status if Chinese armed forces or police are used to quell large-scale pro-democracy protests in the city. The United States-China Economy and Security Review Commission –…

Hong Kong’s Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng was heckled and jostled by protesters in London as she travelled to attend an event. Her arm was injured when she fell, according to th…

The head of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has said the school may seek assistance from the government if it cannot function due to ongoing occupation of the campus by protesters. On Monday and Tuesday, fierce clashes between police, students…

By Aidan Jones and Catherine Lai Driven by anger at the authorities’ response to massive protests – and guilt that the burden of defending democracy has fallen on the city’s youth – a white-collar rebellion is rippling out across Hong Kong. Every day this…

Amid all the reports of teargas, pepper spray, spilt blood and raw, unadulterated hatred on the streets and university campuses of Hong Kong this week came a putative ray of hope: a South China Morning Post story, which barely rose above the level of public…

Forget Washington’s “liberal establishment” and the “metropolitan elite” who dominate the Palace of Westminster, we now have Taipei’s “plump” “fair-skinned” technocrats to despise. Those are the words of, who else but, presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu. The…

Jasper Tsang is a veteran politician of the pro-Beijing camp who managed to impress both sides as a notably impartial president of the legislature between 2008 to 2016. In a wide-ranging interview …

Chinese army personnel have helped to clear debris left by protesters at Hong Kong Baptist University in Kowloon Tong. The cleanup operation began at 1pm on Saturday as community groups moved bricks and barricades which had accumulated on Junction Road over…

Another casualty of the government’s gross mismanagement of the extradition bill saga is our system of awards. The government gives awards mostly to deserving citizens for public service. But often the government awards them to itself. Last Saturday, the…