HONG KONG—Thousands of protesters swarmed the city’s streets on Sunday, a week after the pro-democracy movement a scored a prominent victory in local elections. The election outcome, in which voters swept away dozens of establishment and pro-China candidates, resulted in a temporary respite from persistent clashes between police and protesters that have lasted for nearly six months. On Sunday, though, mostly black-clad protesters returned to the streets near the waterfront in Kowloon, for what was described as a “five demands”...
Source: Wall Street Journal December 01, 2019 11:26 UTC