Democratic Party lawmakerJames To told reporters the knifeman had bitten off part of Chiu’s ear and slashed other people. They have vandalised Hong Kong businesses seen as being pro-China and in July daubed China’s Liaison Office, the key symbol of Chinese sovereignty, with graffiti. Cleaners swept up broken glass at the Hong Kong office ofChina’s official Xinhua news agency on Sunday, one of the buildings vandalised as activists hurled petrol bombs and set fire to metro stations. Police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and a water cannon at protesters on Saturday and early Sunday as the violence spilled from Hong Kong island across the harbour to Kowloon. Hong Kong returned to China under a “one country, two systems” formula which guarantees its freedoms for 50 years.China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has a garrison in HongKong but troops have remained in barracks since the protests began.

Source: Huffington Post November 03, 2019 22:52 UTC