15 FLASHPOINTS FROM HONG KONG’S WEEKENDS OF PROTESTS, RIOTS
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
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 SOURCES: NEWS AGENCIES, BBC, BLOOMBERG, NPR, NYT, WIKIPEDIA