Voters in Hong Kong stayed home in large number in a legislative election at a time when the political system is battling with legitimacy challenges.

Citizens of Hong Kong still aren’t enthused about the “patriots only” system of pseudo-democracy, as just 31.9% of the city’s 4.1 million registered voters showed up at the polls in Sunday’s legislative election.

The authorities accused “some foreign media” of smearing the government’s response to a fire at a high-rise complex, saying: “Do not say you have not been warned.”

A get-out-the-vote campaign failed to lift turnout much above historic lows in a Hong Kong election in which the ballot was limited to “patriots” vetted by Beijing.

Hong Kong’s national security police have arrested a 71-year-old man for allegedly posting seditious content on social media

As the death toll in the Hong Kong apartment complex fire tops 150, Chinese authorities seek to stifle criticism amid new revelations of safety violations.

Hong Kong’s worst residential fire in more than half a century is triggering worries that a swathe of the high-rise housing common in China’s cities could be susceptible to similar safety risks.

Hong Kong voter turnout will be in focus in an election on Sunday, with the population still grieving and traumatized after the worst fire in nearly 80 years that has seen a scramble to avoid broader backlash.

Prosecutors announced guilty pleas from a Houston tech firm and its owner, accused of trying to export more than $160 million in advanced computer chips to China.