Hong Kong braces for another weekend of violence

Clashes between police and protesters are reaching new levels of violence as mutual resentment embeds, and the city is grinding to a halt

A protester with a bow and arrows stands on a barricaded street outside The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong on November 15, 2019. - Pro-democracy protesters challenging China's
A protester with a bow and arrows stands on a barricaded street outside The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong on November 15, 2019
(Image credit: AFP via Getty Images)

On Thursday, Hong Kong's government suspended school until next week, and prepared for yet another weekend of city-crippling protest that will almost certainly herald a new level of violence.

Universities have been repurposed into fortresses, hubs of resistance as street protests have become increasingly fraught, and late on Thursday night the semi-autonomous territory had to process the news that another person had died after being hit by a brick - a protester's weapon of choice - during the clashes.

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William Gritten

William Gritten is a London-born, New York-based strategist and writer focusing on politics and international affairs.