Carrie Lam keeps failing to defuse a crisis of her own making. Increasingly out of touch, she has become a liability as the Hong Kong economy suffers and China’s anniversary approaches, says jgfarb
Hong Kong police on Aug. 25 used water cannons and tear gas in running battles with anti-government protesters, who threw bricks and petrol bombs.
Rail operator MTR suspended some services, but tens of thousands of protesters calling for democracy in the former British colony made it to a sports stadium in the vast container port of Kwai Chung, from where they marched to nearby Tsuen Wan. At one point, a policeman fired a pistol shot into the air as a warning to protesters. Police said on Aug. 26 that 15 officers were injured and that they had arrested 29 men and seven women, aged 12 to 48, for unlawful assembly, possession of offensive weapons and assaulting police officers.
The clashes marked a return to unrest after days of calmer demonstrations. The protests, which started in June over a now-suspended extradition bill, have rocked Hong Kong for three months, occasionally causing serious disruption, including at the airport.
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