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# Umbrella Revolution

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## Umbrella Revolution


* ![Joshua Wong, Hong Kong Pro-democracy activist, spoke to TIME on August 16, 2017, a day before a ruling on his 2014 occupation of the Citizen Square. He's facing immediate imprisonment if judges rule against his favor.- Photo by Aria Hangyu Chen for TIME](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt761952b6829c2b3a/6988da0f0b72e387b76ef0f8/img_2661.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 17, 2017  
## [Facing Jail, Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Talks to TIME](https://time.com/4902751/hong-kong-joshua-wong-interview-sentencing-democracy/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Feliz Solomon
* ![Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt981e65c0712f393b/6988bb028fd2ee9ed2355da5/gettyimages-606204466.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 20, 2017  
## [Chinese Princeling 'Incites Violence' Against Hong Kong Judge](https://time.com/4676243/hong-kong-judge-cai-xiaoxin-reward-ken-tsang-umbrella-revolution/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kevin Lui
* ![HONG KONG-CHINA-POLITICS-DEMOCRACY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ad0e4aba8e17b19/6988a6eccd1bba351170267c/gettyimages-609451302.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 21, 2016  
## ['Lenient' Sentences on Hong Kong Activists Upheld](https://time.com/4502413/hong-kong-democracy-nathan-law-joshua-wong-alex-chow-appeal/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Rally As City Marks Anniversary Of Handover To China](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt469c83998d3cb70d/6988a3238e0601893746736c/gettyimages-5442157101.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 22, 2016  
## ['Arrest Us' Says Defiant Hong Kong National Party](https://time.com/4460888/hong-kong-china-independence-separatist-national-party/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![HONG KONG-CHINA-POLITICS-DEMOCRACY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b804e98b3dba898/69889cf68e0601106f466c83/gettyimages-578134920.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 21, 2016  
## [Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution Activists Found Guilty](https://time.com/4416234/hong-kong-umbrella-revolution-student-leaders-protest-charges/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Casey Quackenbush  
* ![HONG KONG-CHINA-LAW-POLICE-RIGHTS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec78378179e50f80/6988993dcd1bbae00e7013ac/gettyimages-480476180.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 24, 2016  
## [Hong Kong Lawmaker Faces 'Politically Motivated' Charges](https://time.com/4379450/leung-kwok-hung-longhair-hong-kong-icac-democracy-misconduct/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Casey Quackenbush
* ![Hong Kong Student Activists Attempt To Intercept Chinese Leader's Motorcade](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7625b5786b1fa23c/698896bccd1bba84e170100e/gettyimages-532670216.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 7, 2016  
## [Hong Kong Activists Cleared of Obstruction Charges](https://time.com/4358020/hong-kong-china-joshua-wong-verdict-nathan-law-democracy-umbrella-revolution-demosisto/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Casey Quackenbush
* ![Student leaders Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow attend the launching ceremony of their new political party Demosisto in Hong Kong](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4c51f070178fedd/69888e7e0a4a2218909c92dc/rtx29bd5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 11, 2016  
## [Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Launches New Party](https://time.com/4288070/demosisto-hong-kong-joshua-wong/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nash Jenkins
* ![A demonstrator burns a flag of the Communist Party of China during a protest over the disappearance of booksellers, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, China](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt544907d04665a9a0/69887b34cf40a8145ec41b46/rtx21q5f.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 29, 2016  
## [Hong Kong's Anxieties Continue to Mount](https://time.com/4199493/hong-kong-booksellers-china-democracy/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nash Jenkins
* ![HONG KONG-CHINA-POLITICS-DEMOCRACY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7cd701a4da68887/6988665b196cf4231c038528/gettyimages-490763940.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 1, 2015  
## [Hong Kong Protesters Defiant on China's National Day](https://time.com/4057190/china-national-day-hong-kong/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar  
* ![Crowds gather outside of Hong Kong Government Complex at Admiratly district on September 28, 2015 in Hong Kong to mark the first anniversary of the Umbrella Revolution](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte87c405c1c854794/698865bacf40a862e6c3fef9/gettyimages-490407806.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 28, 2015  
## [Crowds Remember Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution](https://time.com/4051543/hong-kong-occupy-central-anniversary/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nash Jenkins
* ![Hong Kong Police Begin Clearances of Admiralty Protest Site](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf042f47835d091bc/698865b8cd1bba87e56fd60e/gettyimages-460298286.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 28, 2015  
## [Hong Kong Art, a Year After the Umbrella Revolution](https://time.com/4051575/occupy-hong-kong-art-umbrella-revolution-culture/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Adam McCauley
* ![HONG KONG-CHINA-POLITICS-DEMOCRACY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf23cea139ba37897/698865a4cd1bba24866fd5f6/gettyimages-479120538.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 28, 2015  
## [Hong Kong Marks One Year Since Mass Pro-Democracy Rally](https://time.com/4049700/hong-kong-independence-occupy-umbrella-localist/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Alissa Greenberg
* ![Hong Kong protests](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8260c74724798d6a/6986a6883bc9997a9d1a5a7e/polaris04946171.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 24, 2015  
## [Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution, One Year Later](https://time.com/4047648/hong-kong-umbrella-revolution-occupy-anniversary/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![Human Rights Front Gather For July 1st Protest](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31da40e2388b5775/6988593ff887dcc556e912e1/gettyimages-479113946.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 1, 2015  
## [In Hong Kong, Thousands March Toward a Political Impasse](https://time.com/3942729/hong-kong-july-1-march-democracy/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nash Jenkins

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