Demonstrations have shut down city’s airport, snarled traffic and led to violent confrontations with police in one of the world’s most important financial centres
Pro-democracy protesters participate in a march to demand political reforms in Hong Kong, August 18, 2019.Beneath an undulating roof of umbrellas that covered streets for kilometres, a huge assembly of Hong Kong demonstrators delivered an emphatic show of support on Sunday for protests that have now continued for more than two months.
Protesters have demanded the full cancellation of an extradition bill, an independent investigation into police use of force and more democratic freedoms. “The majority of Hong Kong people are not backing down. They still support whatever means the protesters used in the past, and I think it’s a very important signal that we are still keeping up the momentum,” said Andy Chan, a political activist disqualified for running for office because of his openly pro-independence stance. He is currently on bail after being arrested on Aug. 2 by police who said they found explosives and weapons in a Hong Kong apartment.
In response, Oscar Lau, held high a Chinese flag Sunday in the midst of the mass gathering at Victoria Park. Nor did it mention Crystal Ting, who joined the assembly with a large poster-board featuring a photo of a young Mao Zedong and some of his famous utterances. For those in power that fail their people, “the masses will always have a reason to get them out,” read one quote from Chairman Mao. “A revolution is not a dinner party … a revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another,” read another.
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