Over 144,400 people from Hong Kong also have moved to the U.K. using a special visa that allows them to live and work in the country and apply for British citizenship after six years.

The Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong has sailed into harbor on a port call as part of a drive to drum up patriotism and ...

British military personnel were sent to train Hong Kong police who later beat up pro-democracy protesters, the MoD has revealed. The admission follows controversy over former RAF pilots being paid ...

Hong Kong, a former British colony, is a common law jurisdiction, unlike mainland China. After it returned to Chinese rule in 1997, non-permanent overseas judges have consistently served on the ...

Britain had offered Hong Kong holders of overseas citizenship a path to residency and citizenship in the U.K. China rejects the move as an infringement on its sovereignty.

HONG KONG — When the British handed Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed on the Communist ...

Hong Kong, a former British colony, is a common law jurisdiction, unlike mainland China. After it returned to Chinese rule in 1997, non-permanent overseas judges have consistently served on the ...