In Hong Kong, there have been clashes between police and demonstrators during the night. Numerous task forces prevented an announced disruption of the airport on Sunday. After activists called for a "stress test" at the airport, police officers checked passengers at bus stops and subway stations. Also, the rapid transit to the airport only drove directly from the Hong Kong transportation hub, without any stopovers. The police did not let anyone without a ticket to the airport.
In the past month, demonstrators had paralyzed the airport operations, causing many flights to fail. Since then, further attempts by activists to disrupt the important hub of air traffic in the Asia-Pacific region have failed. The airport operators have also reached a court order prohibiting all demonstrations on the airport grounds.
It was the 16th weekend in a row with demonstrations in Hong Kong. On Saturday, in the Tuen Mun district, after hundreds of protesters were approved, police used tear gas as radical protesters threw incendiary devices and built roadblocks. There were several arrests during the riots. Protests were also dissolved elsewhere in the metropolis, the police reported.
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On Sunday, demonstrators gathered in several shopping malls. At Sha-Tin Plaza, musicians played for the crowd singing "Freedom for Hong Kong." There were incidents when protesters attacked, among others, a business of Chinese telecom giant and mobile phone manufacturer Huawei. Black masked sprayed "belongs to the Communist Party" at the shop window. Security forces were called while demonstrators rioted.
Principle "one country, two systems"
For more than four months, the Hong Kong people have been demonstrating against the government, the Chinese communist leadership and its growing influence over the former British colony. They call for an independent investigation into police violence, amnesty for the 1,500 arrested and free elections. However, there is an increasing amount of violence and rioting by radical forces.
Since its return to China in 1997, Hong Kong has been autonomously governed as a Chinese Special Administrative Region with its own "One Land, Two Systems" Basic Law. The seven million Hong Kong residents are under China's sovereignty, but enjoy more rights, such as freedom of expression and assembly, than people in the Communist People's Republic. But they fear a creeping loss of their freedoms.