HONG KONG, Nov 8 — Hong Kong authorities readied today for a series of student demonstrations and further weekend protests, the latest in more than five months of anti-government unrest that has sparked the Chinese-ruled city’s worst crisis in decades. Students and young people have been at the...
University students wearing Guy Fawkes masks pose for a photoshot to support anti-government protests before their graduation ceremony at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong November 5, 2019. — Reuters pic
“Free Hong Kong, Revolution Now,” read banners held up by some students at a graduation ceremony yesterday, where many wore banned masks and chanted slogans. Notices circulated on social media said students planned a march today at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. This evening, schools plan a rally in the eastern working class district of Kwun Tong, protesters said in advertisements.
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