Anti-extradition bill protesters react after tear gas was fired by police, during a demonstration in Sham Shui Po neighbourhood in Hong Kong August 11, 2019. — Reuters pic
HONG KONG, Aug 11 — Hong Kong police fired tear gas at demonstrators in the working class district of Sham Shui Po today, as yet another day of protest marches turned into a confrontation between police and activists.
Ten straight weekends of increasingly violent protests have plunged Hong Kong into its most serious political crisis in decades, posing a challenge to the central government in Beijing. — Reuters
