Hundreds of activists continue to demonstrate in the city center
Workers and trade unionists join students in protests
Thousands of people They are still concentrated today in the center of the city of Hong Kong To request the democratic choice of the city executive after another night of tension and use of tear gas by police forces.
Local authorities have renewed the calls for protesters to return to their homes and leave the administrative and financial districts of the territory, as admiralty, Central o Causeway Bay, exigiendo que el desalojo se lleve a cabo "lo antes posible".
For your part, The Chinese government has warned against possible foreign interference in protests. "Hong Kong es China", Hua Chunying has affirmed, A spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry during a press conference. "Los asuntos de ese territorio son de soberanía china", He has stressed. She further , la portavoz ha rechazado "frontalmente" cualquier tipo de apoyo a "actividades ilegales como el movimiento Occupy Central, al que ha calificado de "asamblea ilegal". According to Chunying, las protestas prodemocracia "debilitan el orden social y el estado de derecho del territorio".
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In the heart of Hong Kong center many protesters remain sitting or sleeping in the streets, While police officers are forming barriers to buildings or strategic crossings. Banks, schools and some private businesses in these areas are closed today, Although the activity break is not total. Several activities of the local government have also been suspended, as well as the legislative assembly committees. In addition to universities, stops in secondary schools in which Students have declared strike and starred in the courtyards.
Several subway exits are also closed, while many bus lines have been suspended or diverted. Protesters have the support of volunteers who take food, Water and masks to protect itself from tear gas spilled by security forces, lo que les permite continuar lo que ya se empieza a llamar "la protesta de los paraguas", In reference to those used to try to protect themselves from pepper gas.
However, The Hong Kong Stock Exchange, The second most important in Asia and the sixth largest in the world, has been able to open its operations normally. The hypothesis that the financial district could be cut was reflected in the markets. The bag opened with a fall in 1,18% of your reference index, el hang seng, In the first minutes of the session, While the gold price dropped to 1.222,84 dollars an ounce, 7,58 less than at the end of last Friday.
After the incidents of the early morning last Saturday in the demonstration that closed a week of strike and student protests, The Central Occupy Movement declared the early start of a civil disobedience campaign provided for later. The movement asks for the free choice of the next chief executive of the city, in 2017, After the Chinese authorities approved last August some elections for universal suffrage but with two or three candidates who must pass the previous filter of an advisory committee.
Occupy Central also demanded the resignation of Leung today, según ellos la única forma de "hacer posible un relanzamiento del proceso de reforma política y de crear un espacio en que la crisis pueda desactivarse". For your part, Cy Leung has denied rumors that the army is going to be used or that riot agents are wearing rubber bullets.
Chinese authorities block Instagram
The Chinese government has blocked Instagram in Hong Kong as a result of prodemocracy protests unleashed in recent days. According to Twitter information collected by Reuters, Publications on the social network in which the police are shown by launching tear gas boats against protesters have been the cause that Chinese authorities vetoed access.
Specifically, The Central Occupy Movement label, already censored in Weibo, The Chinese Twitter version, It has been blocked on Instagram in several cities in the country in addition to Hong Kong. The Government, For its part, has not made statements about it.
