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		</div><p>Demonstrators in Hong Kong marched to the US Embassy on Sunday, urging President Donald Trump to “liberate” their city as they press for more democratic freedom in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.</p>
<p>Thousands of people converged on a park in central Hong Kong, chanting “Resist Beijing, Liberate Hong Kong”.</p>
<p>Many of them, clad in black shirts and wearing masks, waved American flags and carried posters that read “President Trump, please liberate Hong Kong”.</p>
<p>Riot police kept watch as they began their march to the nearby US Embassy.</p>
<figure id="attachment_139581" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-139581" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-139581" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DA277FD6-860C-4899-86B5-009DCA114739.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-139581" class="wp-caption-text">Rio police stand guard as protesters shout slogans and wave US flags in Hong Kong</figcaption></figure>
<p>“Hong Kong is at the forefront of the battle against the totalitarian regime of China,” said Panzer Chan, one of the organisers of Sunday’s march. “Please support us in our fight.”</p>
<p>Hong Kong has been rocked by a summer of unrest kicked off by a proposed law that would have allowed criminal suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial.</p>
<p>Many saw the extradition Bill as a glaring example of the Chinese territory’s eroding autonomy since the former British colony was returned to China in 1997.</p>
<p>Hong Kong’s government promised last week to withdraw the Bill – an early demand of protesters – but that has failed to appease the demonstrators, who have widened their demands to include other issues, such as greater democracy.</p>
<p>The unrest has become the biggest challenge to Beijing’s rule since Hong Kong’s return from Britain.</p>
<figure id="attachment_139582" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-139582" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-139582" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/99BE3174-398A-4F34-A52C-0F0B9844F465.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="421" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-139582" class="wp-caption-text">Protesters hold a placard reading ‘Go! Hong Kong’</figcaption></figure>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Protesters on Sunday urged Washington to pass a Bill, known as the Hong Kong Democratic and Human Rights Act, to support their cause.</p>
<p>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 US</p>
<p>The US State Department said in a travel advisory on Friday that Beijing has undertaken a propaganda campaign “falsely accusing the United States of fomenting unrest in Hong Kong”.</p>
<p>It said American citizens and embassy staff have been the target of the propaganda and urged them to exercise increased caution.</p>
<p>Some US politicians have spoken out strongly in support of the Hong Kong protesters and voiced concern about the potential for a brutal crackdown by China.</p>
<p>Mr Trump, however, has indicated that the US would stay out of a matter he considers to be between Hong Kong and China. He has said he believes the US trade war with China is making Beijing tread carefully.</p>
<figure id="attachment_139583" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-139583" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-139583" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/328DEF61-CF97-42B5-A7CE-48741D5E2CB3.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="407" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-139583" class="wp-caption-text">Riot police check passengers’ bags at airport express central station in Hong Kong pm Saturday</figcaption></figure>
<p>Sunday’s rally followed overnight violent clashes between protesters and police at several metro stations.</p>
<p>Protesters set fire to debris near a metro station that had been shuttered in the crowded Mongkok area but retreated after riot police chased them using pepper spray.</p>
<p>Violent clashes separately took place at a station in Sha Tin new town, where protesters chased police officers into the control room before riot police arrived. Several people were injured and detained.</p>
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