A 16-year old protester said the occupation of a Hong Kong university was meant to raise global awareness: “If we don’t do anything the world will forget us”
HONG KONG—Hundreds of protesters were evacuated from a university on lockdown and the city’s leader expressed hope that the standoff between antigovernment demonstrators and police could reach a peaceful resolution.
Some of the most violent scenes of more than five months of social unrest in this city have occurred in the past two days at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, leaving many wondering what’s next for the protest movement that has become increasingly militant in its tactics.
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