NEWS
Hundreds of thousands turn out for peaceful Hong Kong protest
By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
August 18, 2019 | 4:16pm | Updated
Demonstrators marching in Hong Kong.
AP
Hong Kong enjoyed a rare calm weekend after 10 weeks of civil unrest, with no violent clashes reported Sunday as up to 1.7 million protesters turned local streets into seas of umbrellas amid torrential rains.
Riot police who have repeatedly clashed with pro-democracy demonstrators kept a low profile and did not attempt to block the paths of the umbrella-wielding protesters flowing through the Chinese city.
When one group of dissidents lingered outside a government complex, other protesters, and not police, encouraged them to go home.
“We hope to see whether the government gives a response to this peaceful protest,” said Michael Leung, a 24-year-old who was ushering his fellow demonstrators away. “If we get a negative response, we cannot control the next [gathering].”
Bonnie Leung, an organizer for the Civil Human Rights Front, which launched three earlier massive marches in the embattled city since June, said, “We hope we can show the world that Hong Kong people can be totally peaceful.”
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