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Added on the 26/02/2021 02:07:45 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Voting gets underway for Hong Kong's legislature poll under new "patriots only" rules imposed by Beijing that drastically reduce the number of directly elected seats and control who can run for office. IMAGES
Yungblud has axed the Asia leg of his tour after he was advised not to travel to his gigs in South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Singapore due to coronavirus concerns.
About 20 people attend a vigil in Hong Kong in honour of the Chinese doctor who raised the death alert for the coronavirus. The death of Li Wenliang, who had been punished for sounding the alarm about the emergence of this new virus, has unleashed great anger in China. IMAGES
Huge crowds in Hong Kong take part in a protest march as anger swells over plans to allow extraditions to China, a proposal that has sparked the biggest public backlash against the city's pro-Beijing leadership in years. IMAGES
Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arrives at Wanchai District Court ahead of a ruling in a landmark sedition trial. It's the first case of its kind since the city came under Chinese rule in 1997. IMAGES