- Title: Standoff between Hong Kong protesters and police continues into the night
- Date: 1st October 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (OCTOBER 1, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) RIOT POLICE STANDING ON STREET, PROTESTERS GATHERED ON OTHER SIDE RIOT POLICE OFFICER HOLDING AND LOWERING BANNER PROTESTERS GATHERED, MEN PLACING TEAR GAS CANISTERS ON STREET WOMAN HOLDING RED UMBRELLA LYING DOWN IN FRONT OF POLICE OFFICERS, PLACING SIGN ON HER CHEST, PHOTOGRAPHERS SURROUNDING HER POLICE OFFICERS HOLDING SHIELDS WALKING ALONG STREET WOMAN HOLDING RED UMBRELLA IN AIR NEAR SMOKE PROTESTERS ON STREET, GAS BEING LET OFF VARIOUS OF TEAR GAS BEING LET OFF ON STREET PROTESTERS GATHERED, FLASHING LIGHTS PROTESTERS GATHERED BY TRAFFIC LIGHTS, SOME SITTING DOWN
- Embargoed: 15th October 2019 13:14
- Keywords: Hong Kong Hong Kong protests protesters in Hong Kong tear gas China
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZ9NVIF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Police fired tear gas near Hong Kong protesters late on Tuesday (October 1) as standoffs between pro-democracy protesters and police in Hong Kong went late into the night.
Officers wearing riot gear faced off against protesters in the upmarket district of Causeway Bay as crowds gathered on the streets.
The territory has been tense for weeks, with protests often turning violent, as authorities tried to avoid activists spoiling Beijing's birthday parade at a time when the central government is already grappling with a U.S.-China trade war and a slowing economy.
By the afternoon, police and protesters were involved in standoffs across Hong Kong, with the streets littered with tear gas canisters and other debris.
Fifteen people were wounded across the territory on Tuesday, one critically, the Hospital Authority said without giving details.
Nearly four months of street clashes and demonstrations have plunged the former British colony into its biggest political crisis in decades and pose the most serious popular challenge to President Xi Jinping since he came to power.
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