The protests in Hong Kong are getting a little medieval. Protestors are building brick-throwing catapults, carrying bows and arrows, and walling off strongpoints at universities.
Protesters are building a makeshift wall using concrete and bricks on Pok Fu Lam Rd at the University of Hong Kong. #HongKongProtests
Video: SCMP/Chris Healy
pic.twitter.com/X7B71tb1UN — SCMP Hong Kong (@SCMPHongKong) November 14, 2019
With Hong Kong protesters beginning to wield bows and arrows and occupying improvised breastworks, the tactics threaten to take the pro-democracy campaign to a new level of risk for all sides. More here:
https://t.co/Z0p6xuSYCf pic.twitter.com/k2uh2AZ1S6
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 14, 2019
Mainland Chinese students are being evacuated from the city, raising fears that Beijing is getting ready to crush the protesters.
Onward and upward,
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