Hong Kong protests descend into chaos in direct challenge to China
Major roads in financial centre paralysed as anger over extradition bill coincides with handover rally
01 July 2019 - 16:31
Hong Kong — Hong Kong protesters stormed the legislature on the anniversary of the city’s 1997 return to Chinese rule on Monday in a direct challenge to Beijing, amid widespread anger over laws that would allow extraditions to China.
A small group — mostly students wearing hard hats and masks — used a metal trolley, poles and pieces of scaffolding to charge again and again at the compound’s reinforced glass doors, which finally gave...
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