Protests Dwindle, Police Arrest More Than 300: Hong Kong Update
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Small groups of protesters remained on Hong Kong’s streets Wednesday evening, after officers fired pepper spray projectiles and arrested more than 300 people in a return to unrest largely unseen since last year.
Hundreds gathered to demonstrate at lunchtime in the central shopping hub Causeway Bay to oppose China’s increasing control over the city, while protesters tried to block roads in the city’s Mong Kong district later in the afternoon. Student groups and trade unions had called for protests to oppose several pieces of China-backed legislation, including a bill that would criminalize disrespect toward the Chinese national anthem and Beijing’s plan to impose sweeping new national security measures.