In 2014, Hong Kong protesters used umbrellas as a form of passive resistance to the city police’s use of tear gas and pepper spray as they demanded a more transparent election. The protest movement ...

The protest that would become Hong Kong’sUmbrella Movement, a largely peaceful 79-day pro-democracy civil disobedience campaign, began with class boycotts on September 22, 2014. Thousands of students ...

A decade ago, yellow umbrellas used to shield against pepper spray became a symbol of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement. Today, the movement has largely disappeared under Beijing’s tightening control ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands attended a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Thursday to mark China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing, an anniversary given added ...

Umbrellas have become a symbol of the Hong Kong protests. The people demonstrating in the streets carry umbrellas to help shade them from the hot sun. And when faced with police trying to disperse ...

This report was published in Hong Kong Free Press on September 29, 2024. The following edited version is published as part of a content partnership agreement. September 28, 2024, marks the 10th ...

While Hong Kong's government workers were clearing its battered roads - Kevin Cheung saw an opportunity. He rushed over and salvaged 36 umbrellas from the refuse - left by the city's intense protests.

HONG KONG — Thousands of people marched through Hong Kong today to demand the right to pick their own leader and legislature and hoisted yellow umbrellas to form the year 2012 — their target year for ...

Following a weekend of protests, a mass of demonstrators returned to Hong Kong's business district on Monday to continue calls for greater democracy. Wielding umbrellas to fight the heat as well as ...