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Stay on top of Hong Kong latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera's fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps. HongKongFeaturedContentTwomoreTianan­menMas­sacremon­u­mentstak­endowninHongKongLing­nanUni­ver­si­tyre­movesTianan­menMas­sacrere­lief,whileGod­dessofDemoc­ra­cysculp­turewasre­movedfromCUHK.‘Crimeagainstdemoc­ra­cy’:Dan­ishcre­atoroftheTianan­menstat­ueArtistJensGals­chiottellsAlJazeerare­movaloficon­icPil­larofShameisin­tend­edto‘op­press’HongKongres­i­dents.HongKonguni­ver­si­tyre­movesTianan­menmas­sacrestat­ue8-me­tretallPil­larofShamesym­bol­is­esliveslostdur­ingthe1989crack­downonpro-democ­ra­cypro­test­ersinBei­jing.Pro-Bei­jingcan­di­datessweepHongKongvoteasturnoutplungesVot­erturnoutinHongKongsinkstoarecordlowinfirstpollheldun­deramend­edelec­torallaws.ContentFeedFrom:InsideStoryWillHongKong’s‘pa­tri­ot­ic’elec­tionher­aldanewera?Sun­day’selec­tionen­suredonly‘thosewholoveChi­na’runHongKong.PollscloseinHongKong’sover­hauled‘pa­tri­ots’-onlyelec­tionMorethan10peo­plewerear­rest­edintherun-uptotheelec­tionforal­leged­lyin­cit­ingpeo­pletocastblankbal­lots.HongKonggearsupfor‘pa­tri­ots-only’pollamidboy­cottcallsLit­tleen­thu­si­asmaheadofde­layedHongKongleg­is­la­turevoteasau­thor­i­tiescrackdownoncallsforaboy­cott.Hun­dredsres­cuedaf­terfirebreaksoutinHongKonghigh-riseAtleast13in­juredasdozensareevac­u­at­edfromrooftopofHongKong’sWorldTradeCen­treinbusyshop­pingdis­trict.HongKongac­tivistssen­tencedforbannedTianan­menvig­ilMe­diaty­coonJim­myLai,74,whoisal­readyinprison,re­ceives13-monthsen­tencetobeservedcon­cur­rent­ly.HongKongdemoc­ra­cyac­tivistsfoundguiltyoverTianan­menvig­ilThree,in­clud­ingty­coonJim­myLai,con­vict­edovertheirpartinlastyear’svig­ilcom­mem­o­rat­ingthosekilledin1989.‘Tox­iccli­mate’:HongKongpi­lotsbuck­leun­der‘ZeroCOVID’rulesCathayPa­cif­iccrewde­scribelowmoraleatflag­shipcar­ri­erasques­tionshangoverfu­tureofavi­a­tionhub.‘Un­derat­tack’:Re­portsaysre­pres­sionofrightsper­sistsinAsiaCIVI­CUSre­portsays89per­centoftheworld’spop­u­la­tionnowlivein“closed,re­pressedorob­struct­ed”coun­tries.End­lesspan­dem­ic?Asia’sOmi­cronre­treatshowsCOVIDispo­lit­i­calRushbyAsia-Pa­cif­iccoun­triestoslambor­dersshutoverthenewvari­antrais­esques­tionsabouttheendgoal.SwissIn­ter­na­tion­alcutsHongKongflightsoverquar­an­tinerulesAir­linefol­lowsBritishAir­waysand CathayPa­cif­icincut­tingflightsinre­sponsetothecity’sstrictquar­an­tinerules.ClickheretoshowmorecontentShowmore