Sources: CNN
Panama's canal authority assumes control of the Balboa and Cristóbal ports on the Panama Canal after the Supreme Court annulled the concessions held by Hong Kong–based CK Hutchison, with an 18-month transition period and a new international tender process planned. 2026-02-23
Hong Kong's High Court convicts pro-democracy activist and media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and to publish seditious material under the national security law. 2025-12-15
A court in Hong Kong sentences 12 people, including actor Gregory Wong and activists Ventus Lau and Owen Chow, to prison terms ranging from four to seven years in prison for storming the Legislative Council Complex in July 2019. 2024-03-16
Hong Kong announces that restaurants will be permitted to remain open until midnight and seat more customers, provided that all staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 and all patrons use a government tracking app. 2021-04-12
Hong Kong receives one million doses of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine, a day after it was approved for emergency use in the city. 2021-02-19
The mass annual vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests at Victoria Park, Hong Kong, is banned by the city police for the first time, citing concerns of local COVID-19 transmissions. Local commemorations are held across the city. 2020-06-4
In Hong Kong, soldiers belonging to China's People's Liberation Army are spotted in the streets helping clear debris left by protesters. 2019-11-16
Chief Superintendent of Police of Hong Kong Tse Chun-chung says protesters' acts are "another step closer to terrorism". 2019-11-14
Carrie Lam is sworn in as the first female Chief Executive of Hong Kong by Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping amid protests against the 20th anniversary of the transfer of sovereignty to China. 2017-07-1
Pro-democracy protesters peacefully return to the streets of Hong Kong for the first time since the end of Occupy Central protests in December. 2015-02-1