HONG KONG - Police fired tear gas at black-clad protesters across Hong Kong on Saturday after they set fire to metro stations and vandalized buildings including China’s official Xinhua news agency in some of the worst violence to hit the city in weeks.
Protesters are angry at perceived Chinese meddling with Hong Kong’s freedoms, including its legal system, since the city returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997. China denies the charge. “The practice of the black rioters once again shows that ‘stopping the violence and restoring order’ is Hong Kong’s most important and urgent task at present,” a spokesperson for Xinhua said in a Facebook post, adding that its doors had been smashed and fire and paint bombs thrown into the lobby.
Starbucks is owned locally by Maxim’s Caterers and has been repeatedly targeted after the daughter of the Hong Kong company’s founder condemned the protesters at the United Nations human rights council in Geneva. The early use of tear gas in Victoria Park was an attempt to nip in the bud a rally billed as an “emergency call” for autonomy for Hong Kong that was promised its freedoms when it returned to Chinese rule under a “one country, two systems” formula.
reuters please Dsn’t miss the suspicious IED like device they placed in the middle of the road last night! They are not just attacking shops oppose view in the name of freedom now.
They’re idiots
Hong kongeys yobs won't touch foreigners as it would give them bad press. China should get in russian military police to quill the violence.
If only China had interfered, as alleged, protests ended long ago.
Do u reli think xin hua news is reli a NEWS agency? It was the former CCP liaison office in Hong Kong since 1947 even b4 CCP took the whole China. & run by CCP members & spies. 100% state (Party) media.
Do u reli think xin hua news is reli a NEWS agency? It was the former CCP liaison office in Hong Kong since 1947 even b4 CCP took the whole China, chaired by CCP member. 100% state (Party) media.
rioter are well paid to destroy
Today originally is a peaceful election activity. but the HongKong police fired chemistry weapon and beaten, arrested candidates that cause the situation deteriorates rapidly. The autonomy and election in Hong Kong has been become a jock. HKPoliceTerrorism SOSHK
Pure Criminals in name of democracy!
Vandalising Chinese business. We can see protesters do that with a purpose, but not randomly vandalising.
In Louisiana，police will shoot you dead if you grasping scissors...say HK police brutal？！Those riots already cut polices’ throats and pour them sulphuric acid！Come to US those riots are dead already！
It seems to me that Reuters is trying to say that the protesters vandalise buildings, so the police have to beat them up until their skulls are cracked. Don't you forget, we protest because the prevalent hongkongpolicebrutality and the smearing tactics of the pro-Beijing faction
From the E.U. to the U.S.: The end of colonization is the beginning of the fall of the West. re: Was the colonial system a tyranny? 殖民体制 算不算是暴政 → 二次殖民
Chinese media have smeared the protests for months, spreading fake news, dehumanising protestors or anyone who oppose HKPolice brutality and spread hatred in China against HK people. Many pro-Beijing knife attacks were the result of that!
wycf_hk1992 Disagree your view! The legal protest start peacefully until HKPolice fire the teargas! Here is the evidence! Please have a look!
There were also cases of protestors beaten up mainland Chinese, who were unconscious after a group of black-clad gangsters attacked him. Other protesters opened umbrella to cover those attackers. Clearly well-organized crime!!
How much more of these protests before Beijing steps in and clamps down on the violence? I don’t think mainland China is going to take much more of this. Yes, Hong Kong economy is critical for China, especially for the foreign money coming in. But Beijing is losing its patience.
And the HKPoliceTerrorists are aimed to kill us with flammable Chinese made teargas! HongKongProtests
Martin Luther King once said, 'Riot is the language of the unheard....It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met... Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention.'
The govt want to confuse others that protests’re the cause of destructions. We’ll be out there to let the world know, we’re fighting against authoritarianism, which destroys our city by oppressing freedoms & calls for democracy!Unrests are symptom of HK’s problems, not the cause
Then respect their human rights china simple
1990: The socialist system and policies shall not be practised in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the previous capitalist system and way of life shall remain unchanged for 50 years.
This is some serious persistence. Don’t forget that Mao persued the Great Leap Forward and cultural revolution, ahh 60mm dead, all for the centralized focus.
In the article, it said 'Police have responded with tear gas, pepper spray, water cannon, rubber bullets and occasional live rounds. Several people have been wounded.' To set it straight, hundreds or even thousands of people have been wounded by excessive force, not several.
This is how HongKong police terrorists carrying out indiscriminately attack on HongKong citizens in an underground train on Aug 31, 2019. There's belief that the police terrorists killed someone on that night because the train company refused to disclose the CCTV videos.
Protesters became rioters then gangsters. Now terrorising businesses for democracy they say - do they know what democracy is? For justice they say - have they looked at themselves? Now inviting foreign powers in after being colonised for more than 150 years - they are traitors.
ChickenFired HongKong StandwithHK HKPoliceState HKPoliceBrutality
I stand with Hong Kong they wave American flags
This is how HongKong police terrorists attack journalists.
Dont worry about it. Let hk collapse and businesses close down, together with the rioters job. Maybe they will enjoy life more without a salary.
As the Hong Kong protests continues, it's disappointing to see Reuters reports mainly on vandalism, but ignores the numerous occasions of police abuse, like using excessive force and attacking the media. Naturally your readership would shift likewise.
Autocracy, communism VS democracy. Go for it! A Hong Kong! 独裁・共産主義VS民主主義。 がんばれ！香港人！ Shinkasha = propaganda vs freedom. 新華社＝プロパガンダVSフリーダム。
Uncountable HongKongers were abused, attacked n suffered from sexual harassment. Sadly ppl usually pay attention to what object is vandalized rather than care life. Simply hope that ppl who blames at least cld understand how serious the crisis HongKongers are facing. chinazi
They are not protesters! They are THUGS! There are no protests! There is violence! Watch your words!
The agency does not belong to HK government, so the protesters made a huge mistake.
A masked rioter beaten a man's leg cruelly, make him cannot go on his football and career.
*Rioters setting a building ON FIRE* Reuters: “....business and a building was vandalized.....” SMH.....report the ARSON god damn it!
protesting has become ugly
'Protesters are angry at perceived Chinese meddling with Hong Kong's freedoms, including its legal system, since the city returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997. China denies the charge.' What the fuck Reuters? The fact that Beijing has been meddling is under dispute?
这次还行，没有歪曲报道
250 dead in Iraq from protesting. It will happen in HK. Something will spark and ignite.
In Chile some of the so-called protesters did even worse.
There are no protesters, they are rioters.
pandamerv pls stay safe.
Doubtful it was actually protesters.
I don't understand why there aren't 1 million dems surrounding the white house 24/7. The MSM has said he killed 3000 Puerto Ricans, raped/assaulted 20 women, killed kids in hitler camps, blatant white supremacist, colluder with foreign leaders. I thought dems were passionate?
This is going to end horribly for Hong Kong if the protestors don’t have a vision for an obtainable endgame.
Support the protesters,China is a communist state that oppresses free speech.
Shameless plagiarism of the yellow jackets. 🌚
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