Episode 26: ‘Fire and Water’Producer/Director Andréa SchmidtProtesters clutching smartphones and wearing masks took to the streets. Armor-clad riot police fired water cannons and tear gas to reassert authority. For months, the two sides clashed in a spate of increasingly violent confrontations at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The siege of PolyU last November was the climax of intense confrontations between the Hong Kong police, who had exhausted their tolerance for dissent, and protesters who refused to give up their freedoms without a fight. Watch video from the front lines at PolyU as the area was turned into an urban battlefield.

Source: International New York Times February 14, 2020 18:22 UTC