Hong Kong students boycott classes after weekend of violence
Jessie Pang
Key Points
- Hundreds of students boycott classes, hold rallies
- Call for general strike largely ignored
- Airport back to normal after Sunday disruption
- Police, protester clashes escalated at weekend
Hong Kong | Hundreds of Hong Kong university and school students swapped classes for democracy demonstrations on Monday, the latest act of defiance in an anti-government movement that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its biggest political crisis in decades.
The boycott follows a weekend marred by some of the worst violence since unrest escalated more than three months ago, with protesters burning barricades and throwing petrol bombs, and police retaliating with water cannons, tear gas and batons.
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