Hong Kong’s leading independence activist was jailed for six years Monday for his involvement in some of the city’s worst protest violence for decades. Edward Leung was convicted in May of rioting ...

A high-profile Hong Kong pro-independence leader said Tuesday he had been barred from standing in upcoming parliamentary elections — the latest candidate backing separation from mainland China to be ...

HONG KONGHONG KONG — An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was imprisoned under a sweeping national security law has fled to Britain to seek political asylum, according to his ...

HONG KONG — The head of a political party calling for Hong Kong’s independence from China said Tuesday that government efforts to ban his group were a sign of eroding freedoms in the city. Andy Chan, ...

In comments that will incense Chinese authorities, Chan, who leads the tiny Hong Kong National Party, said Beijing was semi-autonomous Hong Kong's "colonial master". "We are a nation that is quickly ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -The United States condemned what it described as Hong Kong's "repression of U.S. Independence Day celebrations" after media reports on Tuesday that some schools had received ...

s China moves to intimidate and punish anyone who voices support for Hong Kong independence, an unlikely source has inadvertently ignited a Twitter trending hashtag advocating just that –- the city's ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Some Hong Kong independence activists say they may be forced to leave the city if a proposed extradition law allowing suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial is enacted.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's leader urged an immediate end to independence debates in the Chinese-ruled global financial hub on Tuesday, warning that the issue was harming the city's relationship ...

HONG KONG — The Hong Kong government used a colonial-era public security ordinance to ban a small pro-independence political party Monday, a move that rights advocates said would threaten free ...