HONG KONG: The president of Hong Kong's Chinese University, which anti-government protesters have turned into a fortress stockpiled with petrol bombs and bows and arrows, threatened on Friday to call in"assistance" unless all non-students leave.
Protesters race as they practice running away from riot police, on the roof of a bus shelter near the Cross Harbour Tunnel, which was blocked after demonstrators occupied the nearby Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Nov 15, 2019. Protesters paralysed parts of Hong Kong for a fifth day on Friday, forcing schools to close and disrupting transport.The week has also seen a marked intensification of the violence.
Protesters are angry at perceived Chinese meddling in the city since it returned to Beijing rule in 1997 under a"one country, two systems" formula guaranteeing its colonial-era freedoms.Police have kept their distance from the campuses for more than two days, saying both sides should cool off, but many observers are afraid of what will happen if and when they move in.
The protests escalated in June over a now-scrapped extradition Bill that would have allowed people to be sent to mainland China for trial.
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