A 70-year-old man has died after being hit in the head with a brick in clashes between Hong Kong's pro and anti-government groups. 9News
In the days since, the level of destruction in Hong Kong has reached new and unnerving heights. More people have been critically injured than at any point in the long-running movement, and Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that the violence was jeopardizing the "one country, two systems" status.
Protestors move bricks as they barricade a road near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong.A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after being struck in the head by what is believed to be a tear gas canister, according to Hong Kong's Hospital Authority. The major escalation in political unrest this week has once again raised questions over what will happen next. Looming over those conversations is the spectre of a possible Chinese intervention.
Speaking at the BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil, on Thursday, the Chinese President condemned the violence in Hong Kong, saying it was "gravely challenging the bottom line of the 'One Country, Two Systems' principles."
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