Hong Kong Awaits Rare China Briefing After Weekend of Protests
- Police arrest at least 49 people after clashes with protesters
- Tear gas blankets downtown after three days of demonstrations
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China’s top office for Hong Kong affairs plans a briefing on the city’s unrest, after a weekend of demonstrations illustrated the challenge of quelling a protest movement that’s leaderless, unpredictable and widespread.
Police deployed tear gas and rubber bullets throughout downtown Hong Kong Sunday to clear thousands of protesters who gathered to air their grievances for the eighth straight weekend. Demonstrators marched east through the city’s central business district, then west, before splitting in two. The tactics seemed to catch police off guard as demonstrators again focused their anger at officers following a day of clashes in Yuen Long near the mainland Chinese border.