15 DEFINING FLASHPOINTS
Key moments from the last 30 tense weekends that show how the movement has escalated
Weekend 1 (June 8-9)
FIRST MAJOR PROTEST
1mn people march towards the government headquarters in protest against the proposed bill
Weekend 2 (June 15-16)
CALLS FOR LAM TO QUIT
2mn protesters urge Carrie Lam to scrap the bill and step down
Weekend 3 (June 22-23)
POLICE HQ BLOCKADED
Protesters apply pressure on police. They blockade the police HQ for 15 hours
Weekend 4 (June 29-30)
PARLIAMENT STORMED
After a tense weekend, on July 1, the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from the UK to China, the Legislative Council building was stormed
Weekend 5 (July 6-7)
TOURISTS’ ATTENTION
Protesters march in tourist-centric Kowloon area with the aim of drawing their attention
Weekend 6 (July 20-21)
CHINA’S OFFICE TARGETED
Protesters deface China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong. Mobs armed with poles attack commuters in Yuen Long underground station
Weekend 7 (Aug 3-4)
CIVIL SERVANTS ROPED IN
Headaches grew for the administration from Friday onwards after thousands of civil servants joined the anti-gt movement
■ A well-equipped protester holds a petrol bomb. REUTERS
Weekend 8 (Aug 10-11)
CLASHES AT RAILWAY STATIONS & AIRPORT
Riot police are forced to storm railway stations taken over by protesters. On Monday, protesters swarmed the airport, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations
Weekend 9 (Aug 24-25)
HUGE HUMAN CHAINS
Friday onwards, thousands lined key streets, forming human chains, causing a transport breakdown across the city
Weekend 10 (Aug 31-Sept 1)
BRICKS & PETROL BOMBS
Mobs clash with cops, they set fires, hurl Molotov cocktails and throw bricks at police. They also set up bricks as roadblocks
Weekend 11 (Sept 7-8)
FRESH TARGETS: MTR STATIONS, US CONSULATE
Clashes break out around most of the Mass Transport Railway (MTR) stations. Over 10,000 people march to the US consulate
Weekend 12 (Sept 21-22)
MAJOR MALLS SWARMED
Several thousand protesters swarm prominent shopping malls in Kowloon and New Territories
Weekend 13 (Oct 5-6)
BANNED MASKS, LASER LIGHTS & FLASH MOBS
Protesters openly flout face mask ban. Flash mobs shine laser lights on PLA garrison, anger China
Weekend 14 (Nov 2-3)
MEDIA HOUSE ATTACKED
Mobs vandalise China’s Xinhua news agency building, smashing doors, setting fires and throwing paint to deface the exterior
Weekend 15 (Nov 9-10)
MAKESHIFT WEAPONS AT UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES
Protesters turn five university campuses into new bases as they confront riot police with makeshift weapons – like flaming arrows, giant catapults, bricks for roadblocks and spikes for deflating police car tyres