HONG KONG: In the thoroughfare where days ago protesters were fighting running battles, the police are nowhere to be seen, while black-clad protesters...
A poster bearing an image of Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is displayed outside the government headquarters on June 17, 2019.In the thoroughfare where days ago protesters were fighting running battles, the police are nowhere to be seen, while black-clad protesters mill about on the neon-lit shoreline, enjoying the evening breeze after hours of marching through tropical heat to protest a reviled extradition law.
Squeezed in between the skyscrapers but unopposed and unharried, the crowd sang songs, chanted, and played back footage from the day’s march on their phones. The extradition furore is just the latest chapter in what many see as a battle for the soul of Hong Kong. Thousands paid their respects Sunday, waiting under the sun for hours to offer flowers, incense and cigarettes at a makeshift shrine before joining the demonstration that paralysed the city centre.
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