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People March Downtown After Hong Kong Protester Shot in the Chest
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October 2, 2019
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5:28Now PlayingHong Kong protesters marched downtown on Wednesday after violent clashes led police to shoot a demonstrator for the first time since the unrest began in June.
Simultaneous rallies against Beijing’s increasing grip raged across the financial hub on Tuesday hours after President Xi Jinping oversaw celebrations marking 70 years of Communist rule in China. Cable TV reported that the man shot in Hong Kong had the bullet removed in operation and is expected to survive even though he remains in critical condition.
Thousands of people marched through part of Hong Kong’s financial center at lunchtime in a “flash mob” style protest that temporarily blocked traffic on some main roads, even as office life in the city was largely back to normal after Tuesday’s clashes.
Earlier in the day, the Civil Human Rights Front, which has organized some of the summer’s largest marches, said on its Facebook page that it will plan another “large-scale mobilization” to respond to the police’s escalating use of force and to show solidarity with the shot protester. “From now on, Oct.1 will be an anniversary for suppression on Hong Kong people with live rounds,” it said. “We will be even more united, even more determined in our resistance until the day the five demands are met.”
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce said it “strongly condemns the grave violence and vandalism” in the city Tuesday, urging restraint and the start of peaceful dialogue. According to its website, the group features prominent local names: CK Asset chairman Victor Li is a vice chair of its general committee and HSBC’s Asia-Pacific chief executive Peter Wong is deputy chairman.
“Extremists’ chilling disregard for the rule of law is not only affecting Hong Kong’s reputation as an international financial and business centre, but also crippling many small businesses and threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens,” it said in an emailed statement.
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