As a peaceful Saturday demonstration spiraled into chaos, Hong Kong police have fired tear gas at anti-government activists who have been protesting for nine weeks against a controversial bill which would have allowed people to be extradited to mainland China to stand trial. \x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/hong%20kong%20crowd.jpg?itok=52b1bd_Q 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/hong%20kong%20crowd.jpg?itok=52b1bd_Q 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/hong%20kong%20crowd.jpg?itok=52b1bd_Q 1x, https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/hong%20kong%20crowd.jpg?itok=52b1bd_Q 2x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/hong%20kong%20crowd.jpg?itok=52b1bd_Q 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/hong%20kong%20crowd.jpg?itok=W8g3luGA 1x\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3c!--[if IE 9]>\x3c/video>\x3c![endif]-->\x3cfigure role=\"group\">\x3cimg alt=\"\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"cbc2c8a1-78b8-4a1f-b3d0-74873b74fbab\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"333\" src=\"//mtdata.ru/u26/photo0118/20385440415-0/original.jpg#20385440415\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" width=\"500\" />\x3cfigcaption>\x3cem>Photos via \x3ca href=\"https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3021301/mong-kok-march-kicks-warnings-zero-tolerance-violence-pro?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_campaign=enlz-breaking_news&utm_content=20190803&MCUID=8fa35df194&MCCampaignID=ff596c3296&MCAccountID=3775521f5f542047246d9c827&tc=3\" target=\"_blank\">SCMP\x3c/a>\x3c/em>\x3c/figcaption>\x3c/figure>\x3c/picture>\x3c/a>\n\n\x3cp>Protesters donning hard-hats, masks and other gear could be seen hurling bricks at the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station in Mong Kok province, while others set fire to garbage cans and other debris in the streets, according to \x3cem>\x3ca href=\"https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3021301/mong-kok-march-kicks-warnings-zero-tolerance-violence-pro?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_campaign=enlz-breaking_news&utm_content=20190803&MCUID=8fa35df194&MCCampaignID=ff596c3296&MCAccountID=3775521f5f542047246d9c827&tc=3\" target=\"_blank\">SCMP\x3c/a>\x3c/em>. \x3c/p>\n\n\x3cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\x3cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">WATCH: Protesters enveloped by tear gas as they retreat down Nathan road \x3ca href=\"https://t.co/JwjlcFbaKW\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/JwjlcFbaKW\x3c/a>\x3c/p>\n— Victor Ting (@VictorTing7) \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/VictorTing7/status/1157664667327717382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 3, 2019\x3c/a>\n\x3c/blockquote>\n\x3cscript async=\"\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\x3c/script>\x3cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n\x3cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">First round of tear gas fired onto Shan Tung Street. A team of \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/protesters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#protesters\x3c/a> rushed into work and one tossed the tear gas canister back towards the police. \x3ca href=\"https://t.co/MdWDSXvrE0\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/MdWDSXvrE0\x3c/a>\x3c/p>\n— Rachel Cheung (@rachel_cheung1) \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/rachel_cheung1/status/1157662487661043713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 3, 2019\x3c/a>\n\x3c/blockquote>\n\n\x3cp>\x3ca data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"/s3/files/inline-images/mong%20kok.jpg?itok=QLFc5dX4\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/mong%20kok.jpg?itok=QLFc5dX4\" target=\"_blank\">\x3cpicture>\x3c!--[if IE 9]>\x3cvideo style=\"display: none;\">\x3c![endif]-->\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/mong%20kok.jpg?itok=2q1vNt-D 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/mong%20kok.jpg?itok=2q1vNt-D 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/mong%20kok.jpg?itok=2q1vNt-D 1x, https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/mong%20kok.jpg?itok=2q1vNt-D 2x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/mong%20kok.jpg?itok=2q1vNt-D 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/mong%20kok.jpg?itok=QLFc5dX4 1x\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3c!--[if IE 9]>\x3c/video>\x3c![endif]-->\x3cimg data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"85b46e10-f185-4fd1-bb8b-fa748c2a8cc6\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"339\" width=\"500\" src=\"//mtdata.ru/u26/photoA3A4/20608513264-0/original.jpg#20608513264\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" />\x3c/picture>\x3c/a>\x3c/p>\n\n\x3cp>Protesters could be seen hurling bricks at the Mong Kok province police station, while others \x3cstrong>vandalized walls, vehicles and lamp posts\x3c/strong>. \x3c/p>\n\n\x3cblockquote>\n\x3cp advertzone=\"hongkong_politics/article\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\" data-v-377ec608=\"\" data-v-b63245a2=\"\">A day after thousands of civil servants took to the streets in Central to urge authorities to give in to protesters' demands, people gathered on Saturday for an approved rally in the shopping hub of Mong Kok, but \x3cstrong>which soon splintered off into different directions\x3c/strong>, ending in clashes in Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui as police used tear gas. \x3c/p>\n\n\x3cp advertzone=\"hongkong_politics/article\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\" data-v-377ec608=\"\" data-v-b63245a2=\"\">Outside Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station, \x3cstrong>some had hurled bricks into its car park\x3c/strong>, while others vandalised vehicles and lamp posts. \x3cstrong>The force said it had issued a warning for the crowd to leave before firing rounds of tear gas. \x3c/strong>\x3c/p>\n\n\x3cp advertzone=\"hongkong_politics/article\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\" data-v-377ec608=\"\" data-v-b63245a2=\"\">Earlier, protesters marched all the way to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, briefly blocking it and bringing traffic to a halt, before circling back to Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui. Along sections of the main thoroughfare Nathan Road, some set up barricades and geared up with helmets and masks as night fell. -\x3cem>\x3ca href=\"https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3021301/mong-kok-march-kicks-warnings-zero-tolerance-violence-pro?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_campaign=enlz-breaking_news&utm_content=20190803&MCUID=8fa35df194&MCCampaignID=ff596c3296&MCAccountID=3775521f5f542047246d9c827&tc=3\" target=\"_blank\">SCMP\x3c/a>\x3c/em>\x3c/p>\n\x3c/blockquote>\n\n\x3cp>\x3ca data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"/s3/files/inline-images/ffef.jpg?itok=arinsFDJ\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/ffef.jpg?itok=arinsFDJ\" target=\"_blank\">\x3cpicture>\x3c!--[if IE 9]>\x3cvideo style=\"display: none;\">\x3c![endif]-->\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/ffef.jpg?itok=ouVbimvs 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/ffef.jpg?itok=ouVbimvs 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/ffef.jpg?itok=ouVbimvs 1x, https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/ffef.jpg?itok=ouVbimvs 2x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/ffef.jpg?itok=ouVbimvs 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/ffef.jpg?itok=arinsFDJ 1x\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3c!--[if IE 9]>\x3c/video>\x3c![endif]-->\x3cimg data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"fb8b1acd-c808-48ef-a6a8-d4398d5c7715\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"366\" width=\"500\" src=\"//mtdata.ru/u26/photo8AAD/20054658962-0/original.jpg#20054658962\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" />\x3c/picture>\x3c/a>\x3c/p>\n\x3cscript async=\"\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\x3c/script>\x3cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n\x3cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Riot police charged towards the crowd on Nathan Road and arrested a number of protesters. \x3ca href=\"https://t.co/lqATBBxaWw\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/lqATBBxaWw\x3c/a>\x3c/p>\n— Rachel Cheung (@rachel_cheung1) \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/rachel_cheung1/status/1157648707778519046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 3, 2019\x3c/a>\n\x3c/blockquote>\n\x3cscript async=\"\" src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\x3c/script>\x3cp>\x3ca data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"/s3/files/inline-images/mong%20kok.png?itok=TufSfrii\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/mong%20kok.png?itok=TufSfrii\" target=\"_blank\">\x3cpicture>\x3c!--[if IE 9]>\x3cvideo style=\"display: none;\">\x3c![endif]-->\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/mong%20kok.png?itok=2gjm42Tn 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" type=\"image/png\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/mong%20kok.png?itok=2gjm42Tn 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" type=\"image/png\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/mong%20kok.png?itok=2gjm42Tn 1x, https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/mong%20kok.png?itok=2gjm42Tn 2x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" type=\"image/png\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/mong%20kok.png?itok=2gjm42Tn 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image/png\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/mong%20kok.png?itok=TufSfrii 1x\" type=\"image/png\">\x3c/source>\x3c!--[if IE 9]>\x3c/video>\x3c![endif]-->\x3cimg data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"4882d92e-0d79-4309-b6ea-bd9951b40fec\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"567\" width=\"500\" src=\"//mtdata.ru/u26/photo3D36/20946950358-0/original.png#20946950358\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" />\x3c/picture>\x3c/a>\x3c/p>\n\n\x3cp>According to reports, \x3cstrong>thousands of civil servants\x3c/strong> have defied government orders not to join the protests - and were met with applause from Hong Kong residents as they took to major roads in the heart of the city's business district. \x3c/p>\n\n\x3cp>\x3ca data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"/s3/files/inline-images/image_from_ios_1_1.jpg?itok=2Ea-u_gk\" data-link-option=\"0\" 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https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/image_from_ios_1_1.jpg?itok=MZxhG4Ix 2x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_desktop/public/inline-images/image_from_ios_1_1.jpg?itok=MZxhG4Ix 1x\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3csource srcset=\"https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/image_from_ios_1_1.jpg?itok=2Ea-u_gk 1x\" type=\"image/jpeg\">\x3c/source>\x3c!--[if IE 9]>\x3c/video>\x3c![endif]-->\x3cimg data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"135d4480-ceae-4bda-b9e8-22feb20e28de\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\" src=\"//mtdata.ru/u26/photoDD1C/20062314603-0/original.jpg#20062314603\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" />\x3c/picture>\x3c/a>\x3c/p>\n\n\x3cp>\"I think the government should respond to the demands, instead of pushing the police to the frontline as a shield,\" 26-year-old government worker Kathy Yip told \x3ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests/police-arrest-eight-as-hong-kong-gears-up-for-another-weekend-of-protests-idUSKCN1US08A\" target=\"_blank\">\x3cem>Reuters\x3c/em>\x3c/a>.\x3c/p>\n\n\x3cp>Protesters are also demanding that the government look into allegations of police abusing their power, \x3cstrong>as well as a full withdrawal of the extradition bill, which has only been suspended \x3c/strong>for now. They are also demanding that all arrested protesters be \x3cstrong>exonerated, \x3c/strong>along with the implementation of universal sufferage and that the government stop referring to their demonstrations as riots. \x3c/p>\n\n\x3cp>\x3cstrong>Will China intervene?\x3c/strong>\x3c/p>\n\n\x3cp>As we reported \x3ca href=\"https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-02/what-would-chinese-military-intervention-hong-kong-look\" target=\"_blank\">on Friday\x3c/a>, \x3cem>Bloomberg\x3c/em> thinks that the Chiense military could soon intervene after reports emerged last week that Chinese security forces had amassed just outside the semi-autonomous city. TThis was followed by the chief of the Chinese military garrison in Hong Kong \x3ca href=\"https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-01/snipers-featured-new-chinese-army-anti-riot-video-previewed-hong-kong\" target=\"_blank\">warning this week that\x3c/a> \x3cstrong>the army stands ready to \"protect\" Chinese sovereignty\x3c/strong>.\x3c/p>\n\n\x3cp>Chinese military officials, and especially state media have begun floating the argument for \"military options\" and intervention. Officials also recently described \x3cstrong>the US as a “black hand” behind the anti-Beijing protests \x3c/strong>- which began over a proposed extradition bill - something which the US state department dismissed as \"ridiculous\". \x3c/p>\n\n\x3cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\x3cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">⚠️ Armed soldiers and water cannons\x3cbr />\x3cbr />\nChina's People’s Liberation Army in Hong Kong posted this video on social media as the \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/antiELAB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#antiELAB\x3c/a> protests stretch on \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#香港\x3c/a> \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E5%8F%8D%E9%80%81%E4%B8%AD?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#反送中\x3c/a> \x3ca href=\"https://t.co/2IMtUSLNIF\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com/2IMtUSLNIF\x3c/a>\x3c/p>\n— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) \x3ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tictoc/status/1156863330314670081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 1, 2019\x3c/a>\n\x3c/blockquote>\n\n\x3cp>According to the \x3cem>Bloomberg\x3c/em> report, \"A senior Trump administration official \x3ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-30/white-house-eyeing-buildup-of-chinese-forces-on-hong-kong-border\" itemprop=\"StoryLink\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"White House Eyeing Chinese Forces Gathered on Hong Kong Border\">told reporters\x3c/a> Tuesday that the White House was monitoring a congregation of Chinese troops or armed police gathering across the mainland border from Hong Kong. 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