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Tear gas is being fired at other locations across #HongKong, including Tai Koo, Tai Po and Mong Kok, as the Chinese University of Hong Kong becomes a battleground.pic.twitter.com/Jvz2789rIQ
Flaming barricades are set up at University MTR Station, by CUHK.
The police issued a statement saying they wished to peacefully resolve the problem, and are preparing to retreat, calling on protesters to stop attacking, and not to damage railways.
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Clashes at CUHK's No. 2 Bridge on Tuesday night have led to large numbers of injuries, who have been treated inside campus.
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Protesters began occupying roads and attacking police vehicles around #HongKong in an attempt to "surround Wei to save Zhao" - a Chinese proverb for distracting enemy forces away from their main target. In Mong Kok, an apparent disguised police vehicle is burnt.
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CUHK ex-vice chancellor Joseph Sung arrived at the scene and urged students to peacefully disperse, saying that current vice-chancellor Rocky Tuan has discussed with police who have agreed to move away from the bridge, if students do so as well. Photo: Telegram.pic.twitter.com/vgRajr6qhY
“I hope there is no more conflict here,” said Joseph Sung, adding that three arrested students have been granted bail. A protester said police have proposed the same deal before and broke their promises: “How many times do we have to believe their lies?” Photo: InMedia.pic.twitter.com/RTu7fgXWAJ
Kowloon Tong's Festival Walk mall has been vandalised again shortly at around 10:45pm.
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Tear gas is being fired in neighbourhoods such as Tsuen Wan, after protesters called to escalate actions to distract riot police from their operations at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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At CUHK, protesters rest at Haddon Cave Sportsground as residents moved resources into the university in support of its defence.
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Protesters around #HongKong shout "save CUHK, surround Wei to save Zhao" as they clash with police - in reference to one of ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu's 36 strategies to distract an enemy force from its main target.
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Police are reportedly deploying in various locations across #HongKong, with vehicles driving out of Prince Edward's Mong Kok Police Station.
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The university gym at the Chinese University of #HongKong is turned into a temporary field hospital.
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Vandalism is taking place across #HongKong in an apparent attempt to divert police attention from the Chinese University. A store is lit on fire in Causeway Bay, while Festival Walk's ice-skating rink is vandalised.
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A constant barrage of tear gas and other projectiles are fired in Mong Kok and Tuen Mun on the night of the so-called "siege of the Chinese University of #HongKong".
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Tear gas is also fired in Sham Shui Po shortly after 11:30pm.
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There are suggestions online that protests in Central - #HongKong's key business district - will continue during lunch hours on Wednesday.pic.twitter.com/y3y6EOlHzu
Videos are circulating of police special tactical unit members - "raptors" - apparently stopping and searching vehicles delivering protest supplies into the Chinese University of Hong Kong, making some arrests.
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong's main sports ground has become a temporary camp for supplies, injuries and resting journalists and protesters. The No. 2 Bridge - the site of clashes over the day - has been calm for an hour.
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"The smoke and the intensity of the tear gas... you cannot deal with it, even with a mask," says HKFP's reporter on the scene at CUHK's No. 2 Bridge.
HKFP Live: https://www.facebook.com/hongkongfp/videos/417137838956211/ …
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Barricades are being reinforced at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, as more riot police gather around the campus.
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Supplies are being stocked at the Chinese University of Hong Kong past midnight. By #HongKong standards, a cooler night - with temperatures dropping below 20 degrees Celsius at CUHK - is expected.pic.twitter.com/Uy64d3IOvN
After midnight, a large convoy of private cars and motorcycles arrive at CUHK to bring food and drinks to the university. Its campus has been a battlefield for two straight days, seeing some of the most intense clashes since the summer began.
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Dawn at the Chinese University of #HongKong.
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Student protesters at CUHK tested bows with flaming arrows after midnight in preparation for any further police action. Meanwhile, five CUHK students arrested on Monday are due to appear at Shatin Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday morning. Photo: Galileo Cheng.pic.twitter.com/ra5N9UWTxP
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