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| Santa Hats and Tear Gas: Hong Kong Protests Flare Again | Santa Hats and Tear Gas: Hong Kong Protests Flare Again |
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| Christmas Eve in Hong Kong, ordinarily a night of revelry, was instead one of violence as democracy activists clashed with the police in a popular shopping district. | Christmas Eve in Hong Kong, ordinarily a night of revelry, was instead one of violence as democracy activists clashed with the police in a popular shopping district. |
| The protesters — some wearing Santa hats and reindeer antlers, The Associated Press reported — took to the streets after a period of relative calm in the city. | The protesters — some wearing Santa hats and reindeer antlers, The Associated Press reported — took to the streets after a period of relative calm in the city. |
| On Tuesday, thousands of protesters flooded the Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district and clashed with the police, who launched tear gas and were reported to have fired rubber bullets. | On Tuesday, thousands of protesters flooded the Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district and clashed with the police, who launched tear gas and were reported to have fired rubber bullets. |
| The police said some protesters had built barricades, dug up bricks, vandalized stores and thrown fire bombs, The A.P. reported. | The police said some protesters had built barricades, dug up bricks, vandalized stores and thrown fire bombs, The A.P. reported. |
| One clash took place outside one of Hong Kong’s most expensive hotels, the Peninsula. Other protests were staged in malls. Video showed a protester leaping from a balcony at one mall after clashing with the police. They said he was being treated for injuries at a hospital. | One clash took place outside one of Hong Kong’s most expensive hotels, the Peninsula. Other protests were staged in malls. Video showed a protester leaping from a balcony at one mall after clashing with the police. They said he was being treated for injuries at a hospital. |
| For six months, protesters have staged regular demonstrations, some violent, against the central government in Beijing and its efforts to exert control over the semiautonomous territory. | For six months, protesters have staged regular demonstrations, some violent, against the central government in Beijing and its efforts to exert control over the semiautonomous territory. |
| In the Mong Kok neighborhood, a man was assaulted after getting into a dispute with protesters. | In the Mong Kok neighborhood, a man was assaulted after getting into a dispute with protesters. |
| Christmas Eve in Hong Kong is usually a good night for businesses, but the people who crowded through the shopping mall district were not there to shop. | Christmas Eve in Hong Kong is usually a good night for businesses, but the people who crowded through the shopping mall district were not there to shop. |
| Protesters vandalized a bank in the Mong Kok district. | |
| Riot police officers dispersed the crowds, clashing with the protesters. | Riot police officers dispersed the crowds, clashing with the protesters. |
| Flash mobs turned up at numerous malls. | Flash mobs turned up at numerous malls. |
| The protesters set a fire in the middle of a street in Mong Kok. | The protesters set a fire in the middle of a street in Mong Kok. |
| The scene in Tsim Sha Tsui. “We would like to tell the government that we are not giving up,” one man told the A.P. | The scene in Tsim Sha Tsui. “We would like to tell the government that we are not giving up,” one man told the A.P. |