Hong Kong

The protesters in Hong Kong succeeded. The leader of an autonomous Chinese city has announced that the controversial extradition law will be withdrawn.

Hong Kong's embattled leader announced on Sept. 4 she will permanently shelve a loathed extradition bill that lit the fuse for three months of pro-democracy protests which have plunged the city into crisis.    

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters threw morning rush hour train travel into chaos on Sept. 1, kicking off another day of potential turmoil after a weekend featuring some of the worst violence in three months of anti-government protests.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Aug. 27 that she has met with a group of young people about ongoing pro-democracy protests, but she showed no sign of budging on any of the protesters' demands.

Heavy rain fell on tens of thousands of umbrella-toting protesters on Aug. 18 as they marched from a packed park in central Hong Kong, where mass pro-democracy demonstrations have become a regular weekend activity this summer.

That happened during the meeting, at which hundreds of people from Chinese community in this Australian city gathered.

President Donald Trump on Aug. 14 tied a U.S. trade deal with China to humane resolution of the weeks of protests wracking Hong Kong, hours after the State Department said it was "deeply concerned" about reports of movement of Chinese paramilitary forces along the Hong Kong border.

Hong Kong is facing its worst crisis since it returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997, the head of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office said on Aug. 7, as more protests were set to rock the Asian financial hub.

Hong Kong protesters ignored police warnings and streamed past the designated endpoint for a rally on Aug. 3 in the latest of a series of demonstrations targeting the government of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.

Protesters in Hong Kong who are resisting the government's move to legalize extradition to mainland China received solidarity and support on July 26 at a musical evening in Turkey.