ADADSeven universities across Hong Kong suspended classes as of Monday morning, citing “serious traffic disruptions” across the city. Public anger has grown as Hong Kong authorities, backed by Chinese officials, have deployed increasingly forceful tactics to try to quell the anti-government unrest. At the University of Hong Kong, police fired tear gas early Monday to disperse crowds. In recent days, a panel of experts brought in by the Hong Kong government found that the city’s police watchdog was unfit to carry out an independent investigation of the police force. ADProtesters are calling for full democracy in Hong Kong amid concerns that Beijing is tightening its grip and reneging on a promise to allow the financial hub a high degree of autonomy until 2047, half a century after its handover from British colonial rule.

Source: Washington Post November 11, 2019 01:25 UTC