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Monday, on the 22nd anniversary of the British handover, pro-democracy activists in #HongKong stormed the city’s parliament. The protests were stoked by Chief Executive Lam's refusal to resign. #HongKongProtests bit.ly/2FMFPl1 
The demonstration turned violent, and police used tear gas to disperse the crowds. #HongKong’s parliament was strewn with debris. Among the graffiti: “the government forced us to revolt.” #HongKongProtests bit.ly/2FMFPl1
The recent developments in #HongKong highlight the tense situation in the free city. One of the banners brought into the legislature read “there are no rioters, only a tyrannous government.” #HongKongProtests #China bit.ly/2FMFPl1
Leung Kai-ping, editor of the HKU student magazine: “If we don’t stay here, we will be painted as rioters on television tomorrow… Our faces have all been recorded. If we leave, #HongKong’s civil society will go backwards ten years.” #HongKongProtests bit.ly/2FMFPl1
#China denounced the protest as an “undisguised challenge” to its rule and is working to censor coverage, fearing mainland reactions. Calls for "zero tolerance" are abound. #HongKongProtests reut.rs/2Jkvs8P
