Hong Kong police launch tear gas as protestors fire arrows

China’s People’s Liberation Army soldiers in shorts and t-shirts appeared in Hong Kong streets on Saturday, helping residents clean up debris after anti-government protests blocked roads.

A protestor throws a petrol bomb during clashes with police outside the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. Photograph: Ye Aung Thu/AFP/GettyChinese state media repeatedly broadcast comments made on Thursday by president Xi Jinping, in which he denounced the unrest and said “stopping violence and controlling chaos while restoring order is currently Hong Kong’s most urgent task”.

Many protesters appeared to have left the campuses by late Saturday but Hong Kong’s Cross-Harbour Tunnel was still blocked by protesters occupying Polytechnic University. Violence flared again on Saturday night. A city spokesman said the Hong Kong government did not request assistance from the PLA but the military initiated the operation as a “voluntary community activity”.

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