Hong Kong protests 2019

Insights from Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin

A recent court case drives home concerns about the overly broad use of Hong Kong’s resurrected sedition law.

Hong Kongers say both communities share a common struggle to defend democracy and freedom in Asia and Europe respectively.

The annual June 4 rally is now strongly connected to remembrance of Hong Kong's 2019 protest movement -- and the resulting political repression.

Lam’s replacement was a key demand of the 2019 protests, but no one should be celebrating her announced retirement now.

For many, the arrest and conviction of Hong Kong's “father of democracy” signal a cataclysmic shift in the city’s political climate.

In both 1959 Tibet and 2019 Hong Kong, popular dissent became a flashpoint for the end of meaningful autonomy - just as Beijing had planned.

Early statements, both official and on Twitter, reveal how the violence in Washington D.C. will benefit China.

The sentencings of Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam confirmed the fears of young Hong Kongers amid a growing number of arrests.

From Belarus to Thailand, activists worldwide are learning from the city's pro-democracy movement.

From the mass protests of 2019 to the national security law of 2020.

As a new national security law looms, protesters gathered to mark a key moment in 2019's anti-extradition bill protests.

The seeming peace in Hong Kong reflects a gathering storm on the horizon – a storm Hong Kong and Beijing alike must address.

China's top leaders, including Xi Jinping, signaled support for the embattled Hong Kong chief executive.

How Hong Kong’s rising “Yellow Economy” sustains its pro-democracy movement.

Despite the largest march in months, Carrie Lam says she cannot accept the protesters’ remaining demands.

The chief executive says a new U.S. law and continuing violence will harm the economy.

The District Council elections provide both the mandate and opportunity to come to a compromise.

The huge triumph of the pro-democracy bloc in the District Council election will not bring democracy to Hong Kong immediately.

Hong Kongers voted in large numbers in weekend district-level elections. The pro-democracy camp won in a landslide.

The pro-democrats' landslide victory in district elections could prove a turning point for the city.

District-level elections may boost the city’s embattled government rather than undermining it.

From evacuating mainland students to sending soldiers into the street, the CCP’s chosen narratives have shifted.

Demanding system change -- on either side -- is not a realistic way out of the crisis. Understanding the underlying traumas is.