- Title: Hong Kong protesters regroup under sea of umbrellas
- Date: 25th August 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (AUGUST 25, 2019) (REUTERS) (PART MUTE) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING IN THE RAIN (MUTE) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNER AND MARCHING VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING UNDER SEA OF UMBRELLAS (SOUNDBITE) (English) 26-YEAR OLD OFFICE WORKER, EDWARD LEE, SAYING: "I think it is necessary to support the students because the future of Hong Kong is all for our students, not the old people. So, I think I will do something to support their action." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING AND HOLDING UMBRELLAS (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN WHO FORMERLY TAUGHT AT HONG KONG CHINESE UNIVERSITY TEACHER, SAYING: "That's not Hong Kong, that's not my Hong Kong. I lived here for years, I taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. This is a wonderful place, why are we ruining it? Not the protesters." ANOTHER UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER INTERJECTING: "For democracy, we need democracy, we need democracy. We need real election of our CE (Chief Executive), of our legislative members."/ PROTESTERS CHEERING PROTESTERS WALKING AND HOLDING UMBRELLAS VARIOUS OF PROTESTER MARCHING WITH PLACARD READING (English): "USA FREE HONG KONG FROM NAZI CHINA" (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTESTER, UNIDENTIFIED MAN, SAYING: "Hong Kong is now going through or undergoing a time revolution. It is a revolution, more than just anti-extradition law movement, because in the last three months we have seen Hong Kong activists risking bullets and also tear gas canisters and pepper spray and batons, in order to fight against China colonisation." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING WITH UMBRELLAS TIMELAPSE OF PEOPLE MARCHING (MUTE)
- Embargoed: 8th September 2019 14:44
- Keywords: Hong Kong China protest gathering march rally extradition bill law
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Fundamental Rights/Civil Liberties,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001ATPS8QV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Thousands of Hong Kong anti-government protesters marched in pouring rain on Sunday (August 25), regrouping after sometimes violent demonstrations a day earlier that prompted police to fire tear gas for the first time in more than a week.
The Chinese-ruled city's rail operator, MTR Corp, suspended some services to try to prevent people gathering but protesters made it to a sports stadium in the vast container port of Kwai Chung, from where they were marching to nearby Tsuen Wan.
Protesters say they are fighting the erosion of the "one country, two systems" arrangement under which the former British colony returned to China in 1997 with the promise of continued freedoms not enjoyed on the mainland.
The protests, which started over a now-suspended extradition bill and evolved into demands for greater democracy, have rocked Hong Kong for three months and plunged the city into its biggest political crisis since the handover.
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