Students at a Hong Kong university turned their graduation ceremony into an anti-government protest by donning masks along with their caps and gowns.
The university also cut short the ceremony once all students were conferred, the statement said. Teaching and research awards that had yet to be presented will be distributed at a rescheduled event.
University students wearing Guy Fawkes masks during a protest before their graduation ceremony at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on Thursday., but have since morphed to include calls for greater democratic freedoms. One student speaking Mandarin — the language of the mainland — wielded a small knife and argued with protesters, Yip said.
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