Umbrella Movement

Following a day and night of excessive police violence and teargassing demonstrators have taken pause: What will their next move be to resist the extradition law?

As demonstrators in Hong Kong flooded the streets for a peaceful protest Hong Kong sent in the riot police in an attempt to intimidate them and clear the streets using tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets.

Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement is getting a little recognition abroad.

The Hong Kong democracy activist is returning to prison for 'defying a court order.'

Hong Kong's democratic hopes are dimmer than ever.

After being freed on bail pending appeal following his conviction in August for inciting unlawful assembly in Hong Kong, democracy activist Joshua Wong speaks about his time behind bars and the state of freedoms outside in Hong Kong.

There are many ways for Taiwan and Hong Kong to cooperate if one is creative.

The genre of Canto-pop has exceeded expectations, becoming more than just a popular music genre. It has provoked thought, sung for the people of Hong Kong, and time and time again has held a mirror to the SAR’s socio-political sentiments and local identity.

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A decade after the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, most analyses were positive. A further 10 years has elapsed. How is Hong Kong doing now?

Cinema Escapist caught up with Wong to get his thoughts on the recent documentary and its broader socio-political context.

Suzanne Pepper takes stock of the erosion of democracy in Hong Kong.

Leaders of the 2014 Sunflower Movement were today found not guilty for occupying Taiwan's Parliment. Other cases involving incidents during the movement have not yet been heard, and demands still haven't been met.

Tense scenes inside and outside Hong Kong's parliament as the new 'localists' continue to defy the old guard.

Just as it seemed like Wong and his fellow student activists had reached a milestone, it is also where he fell.

Among many other things, the Umbrella Movement represented a generational revolt in which young Hong Kongers’ economic frustrations were a noticeable driving force for protest participation.

Hong Kong activist leader and young politician Nathan Law should be free to stand in an upcoming election after being sentenced to community service this morning.

Will the barring of candidates from Hong Kong’s upcoming elections or the sentencing of Umbrella Movement leaders spark a fresh round of major protests?