Hong Kong is in the midst of its most challenging political crisis since the handover in 1997. While the initial focus was on the nature of the election for chief executive, it rapidly broadened. The nature of Hong Kong’s governance has always been the most difficult and sensitive issue relating to the handover and thereafter. Pro-Democracy…

Hong Kong’s government and the city’s pro-democracy protesters have agreed to hold formal talks Friday, media reports said late Tuesday, citing officials. The news of the upcoming talks comes as the number of demonstrators has shrunk to a few hundred after days of mass rallies brought tens of thousands of people onto the streets to demand…