The Hong Kong Protest: 20 Intense Photos

The Hong Kong Protest: 20 Intense Photos

The Fiscal Times Staff  // 

Riot police fire tear gas to disperse protesters after thousands of demonstrators blocked the main street to the financial Central district outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong September 29, 2014. Riot police advanced on Hong Kong democracy protesters in the early hours of Monday, firing volleys of tear gas that sent some fleeing as others erected barricades to block the security forces in the heart of the former British colony.

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