HONG KONG (AP): Anti-government protesters attacked the Hong Kong office of China's official Xinhua News Agency for the first time Saturday (Nov 2) after chaos broke out downtown, with police firing tear gas and demonstrators hurling gasoline bombs as the protest movement approached the five-month mark. The demonstrators accuse the central government of infringing on the freedoms guaranteed to Hong Kong when Britain returned the city to China in 1997. In Wan Chai and other areas, protesters hurled gasoline bombs at police, who responded by firing more tear gas and a water cannon. The increasingly violent unrest in Hong Kong has hurt the reputation of one of the world's top financial hubs. Hong Kong, which has a separate legal system from mainland China, has tried to enact anti-subversion legislation before, only to have the measure shelved amid formidable public opposition.

Source: The Star November 02, 2019 14:26 UTC