Pro-democracy protesters challenging China's rule of Hong Kong choke the city for 4th straight day, firing arrows at police, barricading roads and disrupting transport links, as schools and businesses remain closed
Protesters are detained by riot police officers during a demonstration at the Central District in Hong Kong, China November 13, 2019.
Schools and universities were also shuttered and hospitals deferred non-emergency operations, with the government urging employers to be flexible with workers trapped in the gridlock. The first volleys of tear gas were fired early Thursday by police near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, as a call went out for protesters to mass at the campus.
The government said nearly 70 people were hospitalised on Wednesday -- two in a critical condition, including a 70-year-old man hit by a brick as he tried to clear a roadblock.
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