Hong Kong cleaned up on Monday and resumed train services after a weekend of som...
HONG KONG - Hong Kong cleaned up on Monday and resumed train services after a weekend of sometimes violent protests that saw pro-democracy activists vandalize a railway station and shopping mall.
The biggest of several clashes took place in or near Mass Transit Railway stations, now a familiar target of attack because stations are often closed at the government’s behest to stop demonstrators from gathering. Some started to trash fittings at the entrance of the mall. The protesters then spilled outside where they set fire to barricades made of cardboard, broken palm trees and other debris.The former British colony is on edge ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic on Oct. 1, with authorities eager to avoid scenes that could embarrass the central government in Beijing.
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