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October 1, 2019, Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, radical demonstrators and security police engage in street battles. The demonstrations, which oppose China’s strong influence on the Special Administrative Region, escalate. Demonstrators throw incendiary devices, police use tear gas and water cannon against them. A 18 year-old protester who allegedly hit a police officer with a baton is shot. Isaac Cheng, an activist of the action party Demosisto, calls for an investigation into the police violence and plans to continue the protests. In China, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic is celebrated simultaneously with a parade of troops in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
October 1, 2019, Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, radical demonstrators and security police engage in street battles. The demonstrations, which oppose China’s strong influence on the Special Administrative Region, escalate. Demonstrators throw incendiary devices, police use tear gas and water cannon against them. A 18 year-old protester who allegedly hit a police officer with a baton is shot. Isaac Cheng, an activist of the action party Demosisto, calls for an investigation into the police violence and plans to continue the protests. In China, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic is celebrated simultaneously with a parade of troops in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.