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 ...

On December 11, 2014, police in Hong Kong cleared the sites where for seventy-five days, one of the largest peaceful protest movements in recent world history had taken place. For over a year, Hong ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HONG KONG, Oct 16 (Reuters) - China's biggest umbrella exporter has filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong as the city enters a third week of pro-democracy protest dubbed the "umbrella ...

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 ...

new video loaded: Hong Kong "umbrella" protests add poignancy to Tiananmen vigil Tens of thousands of people hold candles and yellow umbrellas at an annual vigil to commemorate China's 1989 crackdown ...