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China Correspondent, Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) Once hoped to be the next W.H. Donald, but times have changed. 澳大利亚广播公司驻华记者 birtles.bill@abc.net.au

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    1. Bill Birtles‏Verified account @billbirtles Aug 25
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      Kudos to TVB for the great live coverage of #HongKong, invaluable when watching from Beijing. It looked crazy this weekend. Like the cop getting hit in the head by what looks like a brick, and the baton-wielding cops:pic.twitter.com/42PY6yNvXF

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      Bill Birtles‏Verified account @billbirtles Aug 25
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      And the dude in white who argued with protestors before being set upon and beaten:pic.twitter.com/WEM99TLfyp

      4:17 AM - 25 Aug 2019
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        2. Bill Birtles‏Verified account @billbirtles Aug 25
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          And the older man threatening a journalist with a meat cleaver:pic.twitter.com/B9A7sgsUIx

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        3. Bill Birtles‏Verified account @billbirtles Aug 25
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          And the stick-wielding guy in blue attacking protestors who then gets badly beaten, and appears to have a boot full of sticks in his (smashed up) cabpic.twitter.com/I5mJ90X2TR

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        4. Bill Birtles‏Verified account @billbirtles Aug 25
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          And the petrol bombs, the rubber bullets, the bricks, the huge amounts of tear gas, water cannon for the first time... last weekend I left HK thinking both sides easing the confrontations might be the new norm. Boy was I wrong. (Credit to TVB again for great coverage!)pic.twitter.com/fkVpG636cb

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        5. Bill Birtles‏Verified account @billbirtles Aug 25
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          And then to top off this utterly chaotic-looking weeeknd, some protestors advancing on police, officers drawing guns and reportedly firing a shot in the air. (Credit: TVB)pic.twitter.com/hV1Ov3ybe9

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        1. livetoride‏ @vinceykk1 Aug 26
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          #hkpoliceforce catch them all up

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        1. Mei‏ @MeiYee2014 Aug 26
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          Around 10 protesters beating up 1 person. A recurring theme #blackmobs always out number their victims in any brawl. So we are not allowed to argue with them because they are always right and fighting for freedom of speech and democracy 🙄 #hongkong

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        1. FreemanEL‏ @PrayForHongKong Aug 26
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          the white shirt guy looks like a new immigrant from China. Suspected triads attacking protesters and citizens beforepic.twitter.com/DZKBNj8AoK

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