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		</div><p>The Hong Kong government marked the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony’s return to China on Monday, as police faced off with protesters outside the venue.</p>
<p>A flag-raising ceremony, in which the Chinese and Hong Kong flags are raised together, was held under unusually high security.</p>
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<p>Police used riot shields and pepper spray to push back helmeted protesters who tried to advance down closed streets toward the city’s convention centre.</p>
<figure id="attachment_135182" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-135182" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="size-full wp-image-135182" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/78C34894-8FEC-427C-83B7-0CBAA4526345.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" data-wp-pid="135182" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-135182" class="wp-caption-text">A protester wearing a t-shirt with the words “Revolution” walks past writings the word “Long Live HK”</figcaption></figure>
<p>Hong Kong leaders, mainland China representatives and invited guests watched the ceremony inside instead of outside as they normally do.</p>
<p>The government cited inclement weather after light rain fell earlier in the morning.</p>
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<p>City leader Carrie Lam said a series of protests that have attracted hundreds of thousands of students and other participants have taught her that she needs to listen better to the youth and people in general.</p>
<p>Ms Lam has come under withering criticism for pushing legislation that would have allowed suspects to be extradited to mainland China to face trial.</p>
<p>“This has made me fully realise that I, as a politician, have to remind myself all the time of the need to grasp public sentiments accurately”, she said in a five-minute speech to the gathering.</p>
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<p>She insisted the government has good intentions, but said: “I will learn the lesson and ensure that the government’s future work will be closer and more responsive to the aspirations, sentiments and opinions of the community.”</p>
<p>Security guards pushed a pro-democracy politician out of the room as she shouted at Ms Lam to resign.</p>
<p>A march planned for Monday afternoon is expected to be larger than usual because the extradition bill has awakened broader fears that China is eroding Hong Kong’s freedoms.</p>
<p>Two earlier marches against the legislation drew more than a million people, according to estimates from organisers.</p>
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