An injured demonstrator is detained by riot police in Hong Kong, China, August 11 2019. Picture: KYLE LAM/BLOOMBERG
Demonstrators, who at one point lobbed two petrol bombs, retaliated with a flash-mob strategy: withdrawing when pressed, only to reappear elsewhere. “We’ve been running all day but we’re not tired,” said Ah Sing, a protester in his 30s, wearing a black vest and surgical mask while he rushed from one protest to another.
Demonstrators say they are fighting against the erosion of the “one country, two systems” arrangement enshrining some autonomy for Hong Kong when China took it back in 1997. Authorities have begun emphasising the damage on the city’s economy, already buffeted by China’s slowdown and the US-China trade war. They are also applying pressure on big companies like Cathay Pacific Airways, which has been told to suspend staff engaged in illegal protests.Yet activists’ demands have grown to include greater democracy and Lam’s resignation. They marched on Sunday despite an official ban, with confrontations coming at nightfall.
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