All but three of the 55 pro-democracy activists and former politicians arrested on Wednesday have been released on bail,Hong Kong media has reported.
Clips of the chaotic scenes from Washington have aired repeatedly on Chinese state television in a propaganda opportunity too good to miss.
Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been arrested on a new charge under the national security law.
Democracies around the world have criticised China after Hong Kong police rounded up more than 50 prominent pro-democracy campaigners and accused them of trying to overthrow the government.
Those arrested included former politicians and pro-democracy activists,arrested on suspicion of subversion under the city’s national security law.
Prosecutors succeeded in asking the city's highest court to send Jimmy Lai back to detention.
Lai was granted bail nearly three weeks after he was remanded in custody over fraud and national security-related charges.
A publishing tycoon and a prominent critic of the Chinese Communist Party,Lai has been charged under the new national security law imposed by Beijing.
Ted Hui,one of several opposition lawmakers who quit the Legislative Council last month in protest at the dismissal of four colleagues,fled to Britain after facing criminal charges.
The prominent anti-government voice and two other company executives were charged with fraud over accusations that they violated lease terms for office space.
Wong is a key figure in the protests over Beijing's rising influence that consumed the global financial hub for more than 15 months.