Hong Kong Residents Defy Officials’ Call to End Protests -- New York Times
HONG KONG — A wave of protest in Hong Kong extended into the working week on Monday as thousands of residents defied a government call to abandon street blockades across the city, students boycotted classes and the city’s influential bar association added to condemnation of a police crackdown on protesters a day earlier.
The continued public resistance underscored the difficulties that the Hong Kong government faces in defusing widespread anger that erupted on Sunday, after the police used tear gas, pepper spray and batons to break up a three-day sit-in by students and other residents demanding democratic elections in the semiautonomous Chinese territory.
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1 comment:
If I was a protester in Hong Kong, I'd be very worried. With the news out of the Middle East taking all of the media attention, it would be a prime time for China to move in with a major crack down.
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