Hundreds of Hong Kong lawyers stage a three minutes of silence outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong June 27, 2014, following a march in protest against Beijing's policy towards the judiciary, in a sign of growing concern about the rule of law in the former British colony. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The president of Hong Kong's Law Society resigned on Tuesday after a no-confidence vote exposed a growing determination by traditionally conservative lawyers to challenge perceived threats by Beijing to the business hub's judicial independence.
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, to protest against what they see as interference by Beijing in the affairs of the city, which returned to China in 1997 under a 'one country, two systems' style of rule.
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