Hong Kong reopens after weekend of clashes, protests

Anti-government protesters protect themselves with umbrellas among tear gas during a demonstration near Central Government Complex in Hong Kong, China, on Sept. 15, 2019.Hong Kong’s businesses and metro stations reopened as usual on Monday after a chaotic Sunday when police fired water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who blocked roads and threw petrol bombs outside government headquarters.

Pro-democracy activists hold up LED lit letters which read 'Free HK' while forming a human chain on Lion Rock in Hong Kong on Sept. 13, 2019.Dozens of university students rallied peacefully on Monday afternoon urging authorities to listen to public demands. Dressed in black, some of them donning face masks, students sang “Glory to Hong Kong” a song that has become a rallying cry for more democratic freedoms in the semi-autonomous Chinese hub.

The protests have since broadened into other demands including universal suffrage and an independent inquiry into allegations of excessive force by the police. The protests have weighed on the city’s economy as it faces its first recession in a decade, with tourist arrivals plunging 40 per cent in August amid some disruptions at the city’s international airport.

Innocent man beaten and kicked by rioters.

Swarm of rioters violently assaulted this man. Man in critical condition.

Pedder Street Central in ruins.

Rioters destroyed MTR Admiralty station.

Molotov cocktails hurled into MTR station.

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