Chinese authorities have seized about 8,000 rolls of toilet paper printed with the image of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing chief executive Leung Chun-ying, according to the territory’s Democratic Party.

A prominent Hong Kong teen protest leader has said that he is going on a hunger strike after a failed attempt by pro-democracy activists to step up their flagging movement for democratic reforms by surrounding government headquarters.

Pro-democracy protesters have clashed with police as they tried to surround Hong Kong government headquarters in an attempt to revitalise the movement for democratic reforms after camping out on the streets for more than two months.

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External forces are involved in pro-democracy protests that have occupied parts of the financial capital for more than three weeks, Hong Kong’s chief executive has claimed.

Riot police cleared a Hong Kong pro-democracy protest zone in a dawn raid, taking down barricades, tents and canopies that have blocked key streets for more than two weeks.

Hundreds of Hong Kong police officers have moved in to clear pro-democracy protesters out of a tunnel outside the city’s government headquarters.

Hundreds of Hong Kong police officers have moved in to clear pro-democracy protesters out of a tunnel outside the city’s government headquarters.

Dozens of pro-democracy protesters are engaged in a tense stand-off with riot police near Hong Kong’s government headquarters.

Hong Kong’s embattled leader Leung Chun-ying yesterday vowed to stay in office, warning students demanding his resignation that their pro-democracy movement was out of control.

Talks with student leaders of a democracy protest that has blocked main roads in Hong Kong for nearly two weeks are off because they are unlikely to be constructive, a senior Hong Kong government official said.

The crowds of protesters who filled Hong Kong’s streets thinned dramatically today after student leaders and the territory’s government agreed to hold talks to discuss protesters’ demands regarding electoral reforms.

Pro-democracy protests in Chinese-controlled Hong Kong subsided as students and civil servants returned to school and work after more than a week of demonstrations, but activists vowed to keep up their campaign of civil disobedience.

Passionate, student-led protests for democratic reforms over the past week in Hong Kong subsided today as many residents returned to work.

Pro-democracy protesters have been defiant in the face of attacks by opponents and warnings by the Hong Kong government to clear the streets, staging a massive rally in the downtown business district they have occupied for a week.

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters have shelved plans for talks with the government on electoral reforms after mobs of people tried to drive them from the streets they have occupied for a week.

Clashes have broken out at the site of one of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests as local residents and pro-Beijing supporters tried to evict activists from the street they are occupying.

Hong Kong protesters have welcomed an offer of talks by the territory’s leader to defuse the ongoing crisis over demonstrations seeking democratic reforms.

Hong Kong’s embattled leader has defied demands by pro-democracy protesters to step down.

Hong Kong police have warned of serious consequences if pro-democracy protesters try to occupy government buildings, as they have threatened to do if the territory’s leader does not resign by today.

Chinese officials have warned of “chaos” and thrown their weight behind Hong Kong’s embattled leader in his face-off with pro-democracy protesters who have threatened to occupy government offices unless he steps down today.

Student leaders of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have warned that if the territory’s leader does not resign by the end of today they will step up their actions, including occupying several important government buildings.

Chinese state media has indicated that the central government may be losing patience with the protests, and urged support for decisive action to end them.

Hong Kong's embattled leader has attended a ceremony to mark China's National Day after refusing to meet pro-democracy demonstrators.

Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong have set a Wednesday deadline for a response from the government to meet their demands for reforms after spending another night blocking streets in an unprecedented show of civil disobedience.

Police in Hong Kong have defended their use of tear gas and other tactics to control protests that have paralysed the city’s financial district, appealing to the thousands gathered to demand more democracy to stop the unprecedented mass act of civil disobedience for the sake of safety and stability.

Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have escalated, a day after demonstrators upset over Beijing’s decision to limit political reforms defied onslaughts of tear gas and appeals from the territory’s top leader to go home.

Tens of thousands marched in Hong Kong on the first day of 2013 to call for the city’s Beijing-backed leader to step down over claims that he lied about illegal renovations at his mansion and to press for full democracy.

Thousands protested against Hong Kong’s leader Leung Chun-ying as pressure mounts against the Beijing-backed politician who has been embroiled in an illegal construction scandal since taking office in July.

Thousands of people have marched in Hong Kong on the first day of 2013 to call for the city’s Beijing-backed leader to step down.

At least 37 people have died after a ferry collided with a party boat off Hong Kong.

A boat packed with revellers on a long holiday weekend collided with a ferry and sank off Hong Kong, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens, authorities said.

At least eight people died and more than a dozen are missing after a ferry packed with more than 120 passengers collided with a tugboat and sank south of Hong Kong last night.

Hong Kong’s central bank has tightened mortgage lending after saying a third round of quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve risks pushing up home prices that have already surpassed their 1997 peak.