A video of Monday’s clashes in Sham Shui Po, juxtaposed with Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World, has been shared anonymously to YouTube. The slow-motion clip shows protesters retreating from riot police as they shoot tear gas in the Kowloon neighbourhood.

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Protesters fled south on Nathan Road during a day of city-wide strikes, wildcat anti-government protests and unrest.

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Photo: May James/HKFP.

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