Police deployed tear gas around Hong Kong Island as frontline protesters threw Molotovs and committed acts of arson and vandalism. In an unusual move, the force then halted two authorised rallies in Central. HKFP’s May James was on the frontlines. Click here for the full story.

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Liberate Hong Kong; Revolution of our Times. Photo: May James/HKFP.
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