Extradition bill

Hong Kong has some of Asia's best schools and universities with academic freedoms unseen in mainland China

3,000 riot police had been placed on stand-by with rubber bullets and tear gas at the ready

Opponents are filibustering to delay a bill outlawing insults to the Chinese national anthem

If you are beaten by the police so many times and so aggressively, you're bound to hit back, says activist

Riot police swept into the area and fired tear gas to disperse the crowds

Hong Kong has been battered by nearly seven months of occasionally violent protests

Protesters spent the afternoon marching through multiple malls chanting anti-government and anti-police slogans

Pro-democracy candidates are strategising on how to maximise their influence where they can

Incident occurred in mid-November as the pro-democracy movement was in its fifth month

In a rare lull in police-protestor clashes, around 800,000 people marched peacefully through the city's streets

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

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

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

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

Police were deployed at some polling stations and on city streets, but the presence was not particularly heavy

President Xi Jinping said China wants a deal but is "not afraid" to "fight back" if necessary

It has failed to cover the grievances expressed by thousands of people at peaceful demonstrators

China has repeatedly condemned protesters as violent criminals and rejected any foreign criticism

National People's Congress spokesperson indicated that the legislature might take some form of action

Beijing has instead repeatedly warned it will not tolerate any dissent

Protests have swept the global financial hub since June

Masked activists outside Hong Kong University blocked a main road by dropping objects from a footbridge

The nationalistic Global Times newspaper told the police to "be tough" and said it "firmly supports" their actions

Police also fired multiple rounds of tear gas at residents and then retreated, ceding the junction once more

Since June, protesters have thrown petrol bombs and vandalised banks, stores, metro stations

He is believed to have fallen from one floor to another in a parking lot during weekend crowd dispersal operation

Police said three people were wounded in the incident, including the attacker

China denies meddling in Hong Kong, accuses foreign governments of stirring up trouble

This is just one of five demands of the pro-democracy protesters

Hong Kong has now been battered by 20 weeks of protests, clashes have intensified each month

The move was welcomed by government supporters and Beijing

Police quickly intervened to break up the scuffle, briefly using pepper spray

In one of the largest solidarity marches in Australia since Hong Kong's latest pro-democracy movement began in June

Residents skeptical that the talks would make any difference

Many said the move to withdraw the extradition bill was too little, too late

Taiwan authorities have strongly opposed the bill

Proposed extradition bill sparks months of protests in the Chinese-ruled city

Beijing-backed Lam reiterated there was no timetable to resume the extradition bill

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says will restart consultations as protest organisers plan new march this Sunday

Police chiefs called for public restraint as they mobilised more than 2,000 officers for a march