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Hong Kong Protest: Chinese University of Hong Kong conflict
Some protestors are attempted to take cover during the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests. This specific event depicts the Chinese University of Hong Kong conflict as protestors set up roadblocks, disrupting traffic and facilitated strikes. It started on November the 11th and ended on the 15th in the same month. Protestors threw objects onto the railway tracks near the University station from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. As a result the police started to shoot pepper bullets and waves of tear gas. On the next day, clashes started between the two groups that lasted for an entire day.
The HKPF started to storm into the campus to conduct arrests, while the protestors in turn threw petrol bombs. As the night fall, the vice-chancellor and president of the CUHK arrived at the scene to seek meditation with the police, but they rejected any form of negotiation. As a result the conflict escalated into widespread protests in various parts of the city in an attempt to distract the attention of the police. More than 70 students were injured during the whole ordeal.
The protestors occupied the university for a brief moment from 13 to 15 november where they proceed to set up barricades and used makeshift weapons inside the university campuses. Other universities also barricaded their schools. The most famous one is the PolyU which was besieged by the police on the 17th of november.
As the counts of allegations of misconduct by the Hong Kong Police Force continue to rise and the government stance of ignoring the 5 demands of the protests, violence from both sides has escalated at a fast rate. The death of Chow Tsz Lok, who met his end after failing one floor in a car park, resulted into a widespread anger in Hong Kong, while his initial cause of death is unknown, the protestors accused the police of obstructing medics from attending him, resulting that his treatment came too late. The protestors called for a general strike that would be facilitated by obstructing the traffic during rush hours. It was dubbed as ‘’Operation Dawn’’ by the demonstrators which involved several protestors of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
While not as famous as the siege of PolyU, this was just an appraiser of what was going to happen. While opinions were divided among various factions of the protestors regarding the effectiveness of this strategy and the overall handling of the situation, with some students wanting to leave while some wanted to stay. Over the course of the university sieges, up to a 1000 protestors were arrested which was a setback for the overall movement.
This picture is obviously based on the iconic picture taken during that day where a group of protestors were taking cover while waving the ‘’Liberate Hong Kong’’ flag and surrounded by tear gas.
This conflict was depicted for a short moment in an animation I made about the Hong Kong protests, the link that said animation can be found below:
Link to the brickfilm:
Hong Kong Protest: Chinese University of Hong Kong conflict
Some protestors are attempted to take cover during the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests. This specific event depicts the Chinese University of Hong Kong conflict as protestors set up roadblocks, disrupting traffic and facilitated strikes. It started on November the 11th and ended on the 15th in the same month. Protestors threw objects onto the railway tracks near the University station from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. As a result the police started to shoot pepper bullets and waves of tear gas. On the next day, clashes started between the two groups that lasted for an entire day.
The HKPF started to storm into the campus to conduct arrests, while the protestors in turn threw petrol bombs. As the night fall, the vice-chancellor and president of the CUHK arrived at the scene to seek meditation with the police, but they rejected any form of negotiation. As a result the conflict escalated into widespread protests in various parts of the city in an attempt to distract the attention of the police. More than 70 students were injured during the whole ordeal.
The protestors occupied the university for a brief moment from 13 to 15 november where they proceed to set up barricades and used makeshift weapons inside the university campuses. Other universities also barricaded their schools. The most famous one is the PolyU which was besieged by the police on the 17th of november.
As the counts of allegations of misconduct by the Hong Kong Police Force continue to rise and the government stance of ignoring the 5 demands of the protests, violence from both sides has escalated at a fast rate. The death of Chow Tsz Lok, who met his end after failing one floor in a car park, resulted into a widespread anger in Hong Kong, while his initial cause of death is unknown, the protestors accused the police of obstructing medics from attending him, resulting that his treatment came too late. The protestors called for a general strike that would be facilitated by obstructing the traffic during rush hours. It was dubbed as ‘’Operation Dawn’’ by the demonstrators which involved several protestors of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
While not as famous as the siege of PolyU, this was just an appraiser of what was going to happen. While opinions were divided among various factions of the protestors regarding the effectiveness of this strategy and the overall handling of the situation, with some students wanting to leave while some wanted to stay. Over the course of the university sieges, up to a 1000 protestors were arrested which was a setback for the overall movement.
This picture is obviously based on the iconic picture taken during that day where a group of protestors were taking cover while waving the ‘’Liberate Hong Kong’’ flag and surrounded by tear gas.
This conflict was depicted for a short moment in an animation I made about the Hong Kong protests, the link that said animation can be found below:
Link to the brickfilm: