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A woman wearing a face mask walks past a mural in Beijing, Friday, April 22, 2022. Officials in Shanghai promised Friday to ease anti-virus controls on truck drivers that are hampering food supplies and trade as they try to revive the local economy while millions of people are still confined to their homes. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Shanghai easing virus rules, Hong Kong ending entry ban

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

A protester uses a placard to block his face as they participate in a peaceful demonstration outside the British Consulate in Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. Hundreds of Hong Kong activists rallied outside the Consulate for a second time this month, bolstering calls for international support in their months-long protests for democratic reforms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Violence flares after Hong Kong protesters defy police ban

By EILEEN NG and PHOEBE LAI - Associated Press

Protesters put their massage on Sticky Note Lennon Walls during continuing pro-democracy rallies in Tamar Park, Hong Kong, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday she has never tendered her resignation to China over the anti-government protests that have roiled the city for three months. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong government officials meet amid bill withdrawal rumors

By Katie Tam - Associated Press

Protesters, some wearing eye patches to show solidarity to a woman reportedly injured in her eye by a beanbag fired by police, hold up a banner that reads: &quot;Medical workers and citizens march together&quot; in Hong Kong Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. A spokesman for China's ceremonial legislature condemned statements from U.S. lawmakers supportive of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, as more protests were planned Sunday following a day of dueling rallies that highlighted the political divide in the Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

The Latest: Hong Kong protesters disperse peacefully

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FILE - In this July 4, 2019, photo, Chinese magazines with front covers featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump on trade war are placed for sale at a roadside bookstand in Hong Kong. China on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 threatened retaliation if Washington steps up their war over trade and technology by going ahead with planned Sept. 1 tariff hikes on additional Chinese imports. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Hong Kong cuts taxes to shore up economy amid protests

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Police officers stand guard near a broken glass outside Legislative Council building in Hong Kong, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Hundreds of protesters swarmed into Hong Kong's legislature Monday night, defacing portraits of lawmakers and spray-painting pro-democracy slogans in the chamber before vacating it as riot police cleared surrounding streets with tear gas and then moved inside. The words read &quot; not leave, not withdraw.&quot; (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

China backs Hong Kong chief, slams protesters for violence

By Johnson Lai - Associated Press

THousands of protesters gather outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Hundreds of protesters have blocked access to Hong Kong's legislature and government headquarters in a bid to block debate on a highly controversial extradition bill that would allow accused people to be sent to China for trial. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Q&A: Why bill proposed in Hong Kong set off huge protests

By YANAN WANG - Associated Press

Protesters gather in front of policemen in anti-riot gear outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Government officials in Hong Kong are bracing for a showdown as protesters and police continue to face off into the early morning hours outside the semiautonomous Chinese territory's legislature ahead of Wednesday's debate over changes allowing extradition to the Chinese mainland. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong police fire tear gas, water as protest escalates

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

** FILE ** A TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong Sunday, June 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Snowden flees Hong Kong; NSA leaker to seek asylum in Ecuador, WikiLeaks says

By Kelvin Chin and Lynn Berry - Associated Press