The ongoing unrest in Hong Kong threatens to upstage China's upcoming 70th birthday
A protester with a box over their head looks toward Hong Kong police as they gather in the Causeway Bay shopping district in Hong Kong on September 29, 2019.
Democracy activists in the financial hub called for "anti-totalitarian" protests to be held around the globe on Sunday. But the tear gas only emboldened the crowds who then began walking through the streets in their thousands. An anti-government protester stands as riot police use a water cannon during a rally outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong, China September 28, 2019. A 20-year-old student, who gave his first name as Tony, was waving a Ukrainian flag.
"I don't want to topple the regime, but it definitely needs to changed," he told AFP. "It needs to seek a reconciliation with the people." But the movement has since morphed into a call for free elections and less intervention from Beijing.
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