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Hong Kong: Riot police confronts protesters in unauthorized rally

Riot police in Hong Kong have used teargas and water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters attending an unauthorized march in the Chinese city, which has been rocked by violent rallies over the past four months. Violence broke out on Sunday after protesters started throwing petrol bombs at police forces and their station during an illegal march through the Kowloon district of Hong Kong. Along their route, the protesters also trashed shops…

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Rolling Loud festival, Hong Kong edition canceled to political protests

The first-ever Asian iteration of Rolling Loud Festival was set to take place this weekend in Hong Kong, featuring headliners Migos and Wiz Khalifa as well as Playboi Carti, $uicideboy$, Night Lovell, Ski Mask the Slump God, Lil Skies, Smokepurpp and more. Those plans are now grinding to a halt: Rolling Loud has announced that the festival has been cancelled amid concerns over the safety of patrons, due to the continuing…

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Google suspends game app stimulating protests in Hong Kong

U.S. Internet giant Google on Thursday suspended from its Google Play digital distribution service the new The Revolution of Our Times role-playing mobile app game that simulates the ongoing protest movement in Hong Kong.   The app was suspended after it was considered to have violated the platform’s “sensitive events policy”, the media reported. According to the HKFP news outlet, the Android-only game was suspended on Tuesday, only three days…

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Hong Kong Protest: Police fire beanbag rounds in overnight clashes

Hong Kong police fired beanbag rounds and used pepper spray in late night skirmishes with pro-democracy protesters, broadcaster RTHK said as unrest that has gripped the Chinese-ruled city for months showed little sign of abating. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets since mid-June in sometimes violent protests calling for greater democracy in the former British colony, posing a direct challenge to the central Chinese government in Beijing. Riot police…

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