Hong Kong's businesses and metro stations reopened as usual on Monday after a chaotic Sunday when police fired water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.
when police fired water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who blocked roads and threw petrol bombs outside government headquarters.
Thousands of anti-government protesters, many clad in black masks, caps and shades to obscure their identity, raced through the streets, engaging in cat-and-mouse tactics with police, setting street fires and blocking roads in the heart of Hong Kong where many key business districts are located..
At Baptist University hundreds of students also marched to demand the university's management offer support to a student reporter arrested on Sunday. The protests have since broadened into other demands including universal suffrage and an independent inquiry into allegations of excessive force by the police.
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