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Francis Fong, the honorary president of the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation, poses for a photo during an interview in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.(AP Photo/Kanis Leung)

Hong Kong bars WhatsApp, WeChat and Google Drive from government computers

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

Pro-Beijing supporters hold Chinese flags to mark the 27th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule in Hong Kong, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Hong Kong’s government seeks to regulate online car-hailing platforms, a move likely to affect Uber

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

FILE - Local residents sing a theme song written by protesters "Glory to Hong Kong" at a shopping mall in Hong Kong on Sept. 11, 2019. An appeals court Wednesday, May 8, 2024 granted the Hong Kong government's request to ban a popular protest song, overturning an earlier ruling and deepening concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the once-freewheeling global financial hub. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Protest song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ now banned in city after appeals court overturns ruling

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

FILE - Local residents sing a theme song written by protesters "Glory to Hong Kong" at a shopping mall in Hong Kong on Sept. 11, 2019. An appeals court Wednesday, May 8, 2024 granted the Hong Kong government's request to ban a popular protest song, overturning an earlier ruling and deepening concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the once-freewheeling global financial hub. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Protest song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ now banned in city after appeals court overturns ruling

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

Jimmy Lai walks through the Stanley prison in Hong Kong, on July 28, 2023. The trial of Hong Kong’s most famous activist publisher who was arrested under China’s crackdown on dissidents will start on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, after being delayed for over a year. Jimmy Lai broke into the city’s once freewheeling media world about three decades ago, armed with the belief that delivering information is equal to protecting freedom. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

Landmark national security trial opens in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee casts his ballot at a polling station during the District Council elections in Hong Kong, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. Residents went to the polls on Sunday in Hong Kong's first district council elections since an electoral overhaul was implemented under Beijing's guidance of “patriots” administering the city, effectively shutting out all pro-democracy candidates.(AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Hong Kong holds first council elections under new rules that shut out pro-democracy candidates

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

Demonstrators sing a theme song written by protestors "Glory to Hong Kong" at the Times Square shopping mall in Hong Kong, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. The Hong Kong government was given the green light on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, to appeal a court's refusal to ban a protest song, after government lawyers cited national security concerns. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Hong Kong court refused to ban a protest song. Now the government has been allowed to appeal

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

Demonstrators hold their cellphones aloft as they sing "Glory to Hong Kong" during a rally at Chater Garden in Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2019. Hong Kong government said Monday Aug. 7, 2023 it was seeking to appeal against the court's refusal to ban a popular protest song at its request, renewing worries over further erosion of freedom of expression in the city. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Hong Kong government to appeal against court’s refusal to ban popular protest song

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

An employee of the Hong Kong Opinion Research Institute (PORI) enters the office in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. A Hong Kong pollster is planning to cancel part of its regular survey questions weeks after the release of its report about the anniversary of China’s crackdown 1989 pro-democracy protests was canceled due to the government’s risk assessment.(AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Hong Kong pollster plans to limit questions on sensitive topics, including Tiananmen crackdown

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

Jimmy Lai who founded the Apple Daily, is escorted by Correctional Services officers to get on a prison van before appearing in a court in Hong Kong, Dec. 12, 2020. China's Foreign Ministry has condemned a resolution passed by the European Parliament criticizing Hong Kong's shrinking rights to free speech and political participation and urged the city's government to release and drop all charges against activist publisher Jimmy Lai, a sign of continuing political tensions between the sides even as they seek to restore economic links. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

China condemns EU Parliament’s resolution on Hong Kong’s shrinking freedoms

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

In this July 15, 2020, file photo, pro-democracy activists who were elected from unofficial pro-democracy primaries, including Joshua Wong, left, attend a press conference in Hong Kong. About 50 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures were arrested by police on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, under a national security law, following their involvement in an unofficial primary election last year held to increase their chances of controlling the legislature, according to local media reports. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Hong Kong arrests 53 activists under national security law

By Zen Soo - Associated Press

Molotov cocktails are left over at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus in Hong Kong on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Police tightened their siege of the university campus where hundreds of protesters remained trapped overnight Tuesday in the latest dramatic episode in months of protests against growing Chinese control over the semi-autonomous city. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

The Latest: UN rights office urges Hong Kong de-escalation

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Protesters wear masks and hold up their hands represent the five demands in Hong Kong on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters marched in the city center ahead of reported plans by the city’s embattled leader to deploy emergency powers to ban people from wearing masks in a bid to quash four months of anti-government demonstrations. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

The Latest: Beijing says chaos in Hong Kong can’t continue

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Protestors hold black balloons to symbolize mourning for Hong Kong during protests in Hong Kong on Monday, July 1, 2019. The Hong Kong government marked the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's return to China on Monday, as police faced off with protesters outside the venue. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

The Latest: Police begin clearing Hong Kong legislature

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A protester holds a placard July 29, 2012, during a march in a downtown street in Hong Kong to protest the upcoming introduction in schools of Chinese patriotism classes that they fear will lead to brainwashing. (Associated Press)

Thousands in Hong Kong protest China patriotism classes

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Bruce Lee museum proposal shelved in Hong Kong

By MIN LEE - Associated Press

Relatives of the eight Hong Kong tourists who were killed in the tourist bus hostage crisis, kiss the ground near the bullet-riddled tourist bus during a Buddhist ceremony Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, at Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines. The Chinese authorities demanded answers from the Philippines on Tuesday after a 12-hour hostage drama in the heart of Manila ended with eight Hong Kong tourists and their Filipino hostage-taker dead following a day of botched negotiations. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

China warns travelers after hostage killings in Philippines

By Hrvoje Hranjski - Associated Press

Police and SWAT members rush a tourist bus to rescue hostages on Monday in Manila, Philippines. Rolando Mendoza, an ex-policeman armed with an automatic rifle, seized the bus and demanded reinstatement. (Associated Press)

Hijacker slays eight on Philippine bus

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press