Sources from hong kong stated that thousands of demonstrators in hong kong urged President Donald Trump to "liberate" the semi autonomous Chinese territory during a peaceful march to the US Consulate, but violence broke out later in the business and retail district as police fired tear gas after protesters vandalized subway stations, set fires and blocked traffic.
Reports stated that demonstrators flooded a park in central hong kong, chanting "Resist Beijing, Liberate hong kong" and "Stand with hong kong, fight for freedom." Many of them, clad in black shirts and wearing masks, waved American flags and carried posters that read "President Trump, please liberate hong kong" as they marched to the US Consulate nearby. Panzer Chan, one of the organizers of the march said "hong kong is at the forefront of the battle against the totalitarian regime of china".
Recently hong kong has been rocked by three months of unrest sparked by a proposed law that would have allowed criminal suspects to be sent to mainland china for trial. Perhaps Beijing and the entirely state-controlled media have portrayed the protests as an effort by criminals to split the territory from china, backed by hostile foreigners. Further the bill proposes sanctions against hong kong and Chinese officials found to suppress democracy and human rights in the city, and could also affect hong kong's preferential trade status with the U.S.
