HONG KONG-Police fired blue dye from water cannons and volleys of tear gas to disperse protesters besieging Hong Kong's government headquarters, as tens of thousands took to the streets in defiance of a ban on antigovernment demonstrations.
Some threw tear-gas canisters into the complex that serves as the Hong Kong headquarters of China's People's Liberation Army, which is next to the Hong Kong government building.
Later, protesters set a large bonfire on a street near police headquarters a few blocks down, with flames rising several feet and a thick column of smoke billowing into the night sky.
"We're not afraid of the consequences whatever they might be. We can't be cowards anymore. We are Hong Kong and Hong Kong is not afraid," said Victor Chu, a 25-year-old clerk.
The original march had been planned to coincide with the fifth anniversary of a decision by Beijing authorities that helped kick off the 2014 Umbrella Movement, in which protesters occupied roads in the heart of Hong Kong for 79 days.
Organizers had planned to march west from the central business district to China's liaison office, a symbol of Beijing's presence in Hong Kong where protesters in July defaced the national emblem with ink.
A few neighborhoods down from where police fired tear gas, thousands of protesters took over both sides of a two-way road surrounded by high-end shops, glitzy signboards and advertisements.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/were-not-afraid-hong-kong-protesters-march-in-defiance-of-police-ban-11567240229?mod=hp_lead_pos1
Some threw tear-gas canisters into the complex that serves as the Hong Kong headquarters of China's People's Liberation Army, which is next to the Hong Kong government building.
Later, protesters set a large bonfire on a street near police headquarters a few blocks down, with flames rising several feet and a thick column of smoke billowing into the night sky.
"We're not afraid of the consequences whatever they might be. We can't be cowards anymore. We are Hong Kong and Hong Kong is not afraid," said Victor Chu, a 25-year-old clerk.
The original march had been planned to coincide with the fifth anniversary of a decision by Beijing authorities that helped kick off the 2014 Umbrella Movement, in which protesters occupied roads in the heart of Hong Kong for 79 days.
Organizers had planned to march west from the central business district to China's liaison office, a symbol of Beijing's presence in Hong Kong where protesters in July defaced the national emblem with ink.
A few neighborhoods down from where police fired tear gas, thousands of protesters took over both sides of a two-way road surrounded by high-end shops, glitzy signboards and advertisements.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/were-not-afraid-hong-kong-protesters-march-in-defiance-of-police-ban-11567240229?mod=hp_lead_pos1
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