Politics of Hong Kong

Hong Kong authorities on Nov. 18 cleared part of the city's main pro-democracy protest camp, the first of several planned evictions to shrink mass sit-ins that have blocked major thoroughfares for seven weeks.
      

Hong Kong authorities and pro-democracy protest leaders sat down on Oct. 21 for talks aimed at ending weeks of rallies that have paralysed the city's streets

Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders Monday angrily rejected claims by the city's chief executive that "external forces" are orchestrating their mass rallies, ahead of talks intended to end three weeks of political stalemate.

Hundreds of Hong Kong police staged their biggest and boldest raid yet on a pro-democracy protest camp before dawn

Hong Kong's embattled leader reopened his offer of talks with student leaders Thursday a week after the government abruptly pulled out of discussions aimed at ending weeks of mass democracy rallies.

The BBC's website was blocked in China Oct. 15, one day after a video of Hong Kong police beating and kicking a pro-democracy protester began circulating online

Hong Kong authorities said police officers involved in the beating of a pro-democracy protester would be removed from their positions after footage of the overnight incident went viral, sparking outrage

Hong Kong protesters planned a fresh show of force with a major rally Oct. 10 after talks with the government dramatically collapsed

Fearing a police crackdown, Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters bowed to government pressure and said they would lift a blockade of key government buildings

Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying defied pro-democracy protesters' demands to step down by Friday, with pressure also increasing from Leung's backers in Beijing over one of the most serious political challenges they have faced in decades.