Beijing

Adds to tensions between the two superpowers amid trade negotiations

China had already denied requests for two US Navy ships to dock in Hong Kong in August

It also marked a resumption of the increasingly violent confrontations between protesters and police

Renewed calls to hit the streets came after Beijing and city leader Carrie Lam refused further political concessions

China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, condemned the bill as "naked interference in China's internal affairs"

Standoff settled into a tense stalemate during which hundreds fled the campus some making daring escapes

Trump signs law requiring annual review of freedoms in Hong Kong, bans sale of crowd control equipment

Millions took to the streets earlier this year after Lam's government introduced a bill to allow extraditions

Lam said that her government would "listen humbly" to the public

Councils have historically been firmly in the grip of the Beijing-aligned establishment