Posted on 08/13/2019 9:01:08 AM PDT by Yossarian
Hong Kong International Airport canceled all flights for the second straight day on Tuesday as crowds of anti-government protesters clashed with police as they continued to occupy the terminals.
"Terminal operations at Hong Kong International Airport have been seriously disrupted, and all check-in processes have now been suspended," the airport authority said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.
Travelers at the airport, one of the world's busiest, were advised to leave the terminals as quickly as possible and contact the airlines for more information.
Some flights were able to depart from the airport earlier on Tuesday before the suspension was announced. Flights have also been allowed to land in Hong Kong.
Protesters in the semi-autonomous city have held massive rallies since early June to protest an extradition bill that would have allowed any country -- including China -- to request the extradition of an individual from Hong Kong for trial. Many who oppose the proposed legislation fear that China could use it to arrest political dissidents.
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I live in the Silicon Valley. My educated response to your opinion is a double-plus NO!
The video footage on Twitter is horrible.
I saw a very young man with his face pushed into a pool of his own blood with a policeman’s boot.
Young girls being beaten with batons. It really is awful.
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those trucks will bee filled w protesters...and driven right back into china...probly underground....
“I live in the Silicon Valley. My educated response to your opinion is a double-plus NO! “
I know the type. You have to get out of Silicon Valley; in fact you have to get out of California, which has a ton of Chinese that just congregate in their own community. Out in the wider U.S. there are plenty of Chinese that are part of the broader community they live in.
Poor unarmed schlubbs.
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