“Come on, people of Hong Kong,” dozens of demonstrators gathered along the side of the building shouted. The turnout of protesters Monday was among the largest attempts to disrupt the Hong Kong government’s most important annual political event. “If it gets really violent, the risk is that Beijing has a good excuse to become even more uncompromising,” said Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a political scientist at Hong Kong Baptist University. “It’s their Hong Kong they’re fighting for. ‘Carrie Lam, step down,’ protesters elsewhere chanted in a peaceful march.

Source: National Post July 01, 2019 14:03 UTC