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Added on the 23/08/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
One of Hong Kong's premier tourist draws, Disneyland, opens its doors to the public following nearly five months of closure over virus fears. The reopening is a fresh boost for a city that has largely managed to defeat the coronavirus. IMAGES
Outside Hong Kong's high court after a judge orders a Hong Kong waiter to serve nine years in jail in the first conviction under a sweeping new national security law that Beijing imposed on the city to stamp out dissent. IMAGES
Images of Victoria park in central Hong Kong, which is empty for the first time in 32 years on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown IMAGES
People queue at a library in Hong Kong's shopping district Causeway Bay as the financial hub kicks off its inoculation drive with the Chinese-made Sinovac coronavirus vaccine. The elderly, frontline workers and medical staff are prioritised at the first stage. The first shipment of one million Sinovac jabs arrived from the mainland last Friday and Chief Executive Carrie Lam and members of her cabinet received their jabs earlier this week. IMAGES
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters gather in Central district Hong Kong for a rally themed "2020 Karma to Commies Universal Siege on Communists". Hong Kong's protests were sparked by a now abandoned plan to allow criminal extradition to the mainland, where the opaque court system is beholden to the communist party. It has since morphed into a wider anti-government movement. IMAGES
Riot police make arrests and destroy barricades as pro-democracy demonstrators gather in Hong Kong's Central district. IMAGES