Tear gas returns to Hong Kong’s streets as people vent anger at Beijing’s move to swiftly impose national-security laws on the city
Tear gas returns to city streets as people vent anger at Beijing’s move to swiftly impose national-security laws on the cityHONG KONG—Tear gas returned to the streets of Hong Kong as riot police converged on protesters who defied social-distancing rules to vent anger at Beijing’s move to swiftly impose national-security laws and permit state-security agencies in the city.
Hundreds of mostly young people gathered around lunchtime on Sunday in the shopping district of Causeway Bay, heeding calls online to ramp up demonstrations against China’s ruling Communist Party after a monthslong lull during the coronavirus pandemic.
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