Hong Kong has woken to a third consecutive day of travel chaos and debris littering the streets, following fiery clashes across the city overnight. 9News
The eruption of violence at CUHK follows some of the worst unrest seen in the semi-autonomous Chinese city since anti-government protests began nearly five months ago, with police describing the situation as on the "brink of a total breakdown.
The Hang Seng Index was down 2 per cent in early afternoon trading. So far this week, the index has lost more than 4 per cent. Elsewhere in the region, Nissan shares recouped most of their early losses and were last down 0.4 per cent in Tokyo. Earlier in the day, the Japanese automaker slid as much as 4.3 per cent after it reported poor earnings.Meanwhile, Japan's benchmark index Nikkei 225 dropped 0.9 per cent on Wednesday.
Hong Kong is in its sixth month of mass protests that were originally triggered by a now withdrawn extradition bill, which have since turned into a wider pro-democracy movement.
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