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In Hong Kong, transport unrest continues on Tuesday (November 12th) and clashes with the police continue after one of the most violent days of the movement yesterday. A policeman shot protesters and a man was set on fire by a young radical.
The clashes take place mainly around the universities of the city this Tuesday, November 12 in Hong Kong. During the day, some blockages and altercations took place in the city center with a rally at lunch time, reports our correspondent in Hong Kong, Simon Leplâtre .
Many of the employees in costume joined the young protesters during their lunch break and applauded them. One way to show their support as Monday, Carrie Lam, the head of the executive, called the protesters " enemies of the people ." She also assured that the government would not give in to pressure.
Chinese students leave the campus
The universities of Hong Kong look like entrenched camps and the police have entered several campuses. She fired hundreds of canisters of tear gas and flashball. Students respond with molotov cocktails and bricks.
Partly blocked by dams, universities are at the heart of the mobilization . They canceled classes for the second day in a row on Tuesday, November 12th. While mistrust of China is one of the ripples of the movement, students in mainland China are worried.
Apparently this student wanted to play the chainsaw massacre against the cops. Fortunately his comrades have reasoned.
(Not sure that the chainsaw is very practical in the heat of the action in all ways) https://t.co/YLxBfFRq4I
After the announcement of a student's death as a result of injuries sustained during police clashes last Friday, Chinese students have been attacked and jostled at their university.
In recent days, the campus of the University of Science and Technology of Hong Kong offers a curious show between those students in dark dress who are still celebrating their graduation, this monument covered with flowers in memory of Alex Chow, the student of the first university, martyr of the movement , and these calls for vengeance tagged on the walls.
In this tense context, Chinese students are not doing much. " A university is supposed to be an area of freedom, far from politics, to concentrate on studies but at the moment, we do not feel safe, because some will attack and vandalize the university as they please, " worries a student. As a result, many students left the campus to return to their homes last Friday in China while things calmed down.
Deep political differences
A native of Guangdong, Lin speaks Cantonese, the language of Hong Kong, but many of his friends who speak only Mandarin are afraid. " Most of my group are gone, because they do not speak Cantonese. It's really dangerous for them. If anyone finds out they are from mainland China, "Lin warns.
The political differences are profound. While Hong Kong students are very involved in the movement, many Chinese are patriotic, hence disputes that have sometimes degenerated. " If they're scared, they should talk to us more, because we do not attack people all the time, we attack people if we have a reason, " warns the young man from Hong Kong. He says he has some of the most open-minded Chinese friends.