AFP, HONG KONGPro-democracy protesters yesterday stepped up a “blossom everywhere” campaign of road blocks and vandalism across Hong Kong that has crippled the territory this week and ignited some of the worst violence in five months of unrest. As they have since the start of the week, protesters yesterday choked roads and blocked traffic with anything they could lay their hands on, including bricks, bicycles, couches and other items. Until this week, protesters had largely confined their actions to evenings and the weekends. “The rioters’ intention is to bring Hong Kong into a total breakdown. The protest movement has been fueled by anger that China is choking the liberties and freedoms that Hong Kong is meant to have under the terms of the handover deal with Britain.

Source: Taipei Times November 13, 2019 16:00 UTC