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This is the third month of the protests, and police used pepper spray and batons on the students overnight.
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests gained a momentum of their own after the catastrophic miscalculation to fire tear gas at peaceful demonstrators.
China has condemned the protests as “illegal” but Hong Kong’s leadership has denied speculation that Beijing would send in the army.
Large parts of the city were shut down by the demonstrations.