HONG KONG — Hong Kong anti-government protesters marched through Christmas-decorated shopping centres on Wednesday, chanting pro-democracy slogans and forcing one mall to close early, as police fired tear gas to disperse crowds gathering on nearby streets. Despite the embarrassing results, Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing leaders have made no new concessions. Hundreds of protesters, dressed in black and wearing face masks, descended on shopping malls around the Chinese-ruled city, shouting popular slogans such as “Liberate Hong Kong! Revolution of our times!”Police arrested several people in a shopping mall in the Sha Tin district after pepper-spraying them. CHRISTMAS ‘RUINED’Baton-wielding police fired tear gas on Tuesday at thousands of protesters who barricaded roads and trashed a Starbucks cafe and an HSBC branch.

Source: National Post December 25, 2019 14:18 UTC