- Title: Timeline of Hong Kong political movements
- Date: 16th August 2019
- Summary: Hong Kong's airport cancelled all flights on August 12, blaming demonstrators for the disruptions. Violent clashes later broke out on August 13 as riot police arrived to disperse protesters. HONG KONG, CHINA (RECENT - AUGUST 12, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** PROTESTERS OCCUPYING HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DEPARTURES HALL PROTESTERS ON LEDGE/SCREEN SHOWING FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS HONG KONG, CHINA (RECENT - AUGUST 13, 2019) (REUTERS) HONG KONG PROTESTERS CLASHING WITH POLICE OUTSIDE AIRPORT, POLICE OFFICER FALLING DOWN AND PROTESTERS STRIKING HIM BEFORE STANDING UP AND HOLDING A GUN/POLICE OFFICERS PROTEST INJURED OFFICER
- Embargoed: 30th August 2019 12:37
- Keywords: extradition China Occupy protests handover one country Hong Kong two systems Umbrella
- Location: HONG KONG/SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG PROVINCE/BEIJING, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG/SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG PROVINCE/BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Lawmaking,Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA00IASHI98L
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Ten weeks of confrontations between police and protesters have plunged Hong Kong into turmoil, and present the biggest popular challenge to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he came to power in 2012.
The protests began as opposition to a now-suspended bill that would have allowed suspects to be extradited to mainland China and have swelled into wider calls for democracy.
Hong Kong returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" formula that promised wide-ranging freedoms denied to citizens in mainland China, but many in the city believe Beijing has been eroding those freedoms.
More mass demonstrations are expected through the weekend (August 17-18).
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