Amid the detritus from protests that turned violent in Hong Kong this week was umbrellas. Blue, black and clear, half-open, partly broken, some reduced to bent metal frames. Umbrellas became a ...

This week, a Hong Kong court sentenced the former ... the tactic of peaceful occupation that defined the Umbrella Movement, clashes between protesters and police escalated into violent ...

FRANCE 24 brings you a special report on the new Hong Kong, with the freedom-loving former British colony undergoing a severe political, social and economic takeover by the authorities in Beijing.

The Autumn of 2014 was a unique time to stroll along Hong Kong's main thoroughfare. The “Occupy Central” movement, also known as the “Umbrella Protests”, began as a call for electoral reform for the ...

And the candidates for those seats are vetted in advance by the Hong Kong government.” While the Umbrella movement did not achieve its goal, many say it inspired a new wave of protests in ...

In Hong Kong, injunctions have been used to force protesters off roads during the Umbrella Movement/Occupy Central, and to stop protest activities at the Airport and in the MTR. While Hong ...

The Umbrella Movement was the opposite of ... people's pent-up anger and broadened the support base. 'Be water:' the Hong Kong protest mantra But Kajimoto says the strengths of Telegram could ...

The masks and umbrellas they wore and held were yellow, the symbolic color of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. The protest was organized by “Stand with HK@JPN,” a group of Hong Kong ...

Nathan Law, once Hong Kong’s youngest elected lawmaker, now lives in exile, fighting for democracy after fleeing China’s ...