If we burn... Everyone’s geared up, waiting for a second confrontation. No sign of police, yetpic.twitter.com/Y3DmKujprG
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CUHK. Another use for chairs. Police retreated about half an hour ago after firing a ridiculous amount of teargas #HongKongProtests #HongKongpic.twitter.com/kTd9USGoLW
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The plan was to use the bus as a roadblock. Minor panic ensues when it starts to leak fuel near the fire. A fireman comes to the rescue.pic.twitter.com/BtYu5Usa5k
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CUHK head Rocky Tuan is here and has apparently gone to speak to the policepic.twitter.com/5UVK83STA6
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Emotions run high as Vice Chancellor Rocky Tuan attempts to broker a truce between police and students. Students are calling for the unconditional release of their arrested school mates.pic.twitter.com/phv9F7Lj9S
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Vice Chancellor Rocky Tuan approaches the police, hoping to talk to them. A bunch of students follow. In response, police raise the blue flag and then the orange flagpic.twitter.com/LE7jQzaguU
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A student yells that the head of CUHK is approaching. Police look nervous, say it’s not a time for negotiationspic.twitter.com/OOGzAGnkuS
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Unclear what triggers it, but police fire, making Rocky Tuan possibly the first HK Vice Chancellor to be teargassed, presumably for taking part in an “illegal assembly”pic.twitter.com/qDhuXvBpqr
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Police seem to have an endless supply of teargas and rubber bulletspic.twitter.com/0pKXCn8SP5
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Students refuse to back down and have started moving forward. Meanwhile, it appears police reinforcements have arrived.pic.twitter.com/wAbIcQtNN8
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Students manage to advance, pushing police off the bridge. But now there are rumours a water cannon is on its way.pic.twitter.com/klzfBfXOGD
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Protestors respond with a few Molotov cocktails, setting this guardhouse on fire.pic.twitter.com/gG3kS6YzWT
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First aiders are some of the busiest people tonight. So many students injured. Also, that blue dye hurts like hell.pic.twitter.com/tlayEWddwA
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