Topic: Carrie Lam

Authorities in Hong Kong have arrested dozens of pro-democracy politicians and opposition leaders in an early morning sweep Wednesday on accusations of subverting a draconian national security law.

Hong Kong dissident and media mogul Jimmy Lai has been ordered back to prison, more than a week after he was freed on bail.

Hong Kong's top court on Monday ruled in favor of the government's use of colonial-era emergency powers to institute a ban on face masks at protests.

Hong Kong is expected to receive 1 million shots of a mainland Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, but the city's politicians could be meeting with public resistance to inoculations.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam praised a draconian national security law for restoring stability to the former British colony while blaming the region's social and economic strife on opposition forces.

All of Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers resigned together Wednesday to protest a new law by China that allows for the removal of "unpatriotic" sitting legislators.

The Trump administration sanctioned four more Chinese government officials for aiding the Asian nation in implementing a draconian new national security law on Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Police Force launched a hotline on Thursday for residents to inform on those they believe have broken a controversial national security law implemented in the summer.

The U.S. State Department submitted a report to Congress on Wednesday naming 10 Chinese and Hong Kong government officials to sanction for contributing to the deterioration of the former British colony's autonomy.

Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested Thursday on suspicion of participating in an illegal protest last year, according to a post on his confirmed Twitter account.