22 July
People in Hong Kong have held another massive rally against a controversial extradition bill, while some protesters defaced Beijing's representative office.
Protest organizers say 430,000 people took part in Sunday's march.
The demonstrators demanded the full withdrawal of the now-suspended bill, which would have allowed criminal suspects in Hong Kong to be sent to mainland China for trial.
The protesters also called for the establishment of an independent panel to investigate the validity of how the police forcibly removed protesters during recent rallies.
After the march, thousands of protesters descended on Beijing's Liaison Office, which represents mainland China's government.
They threw eggs and black ink at China's national emblem adorning the building of the office.
Clashes occurred when police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters.
The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council is mainland China's government body. It issued a statement that "strongly condemned" the protesters' actions and called them "absolutely intolerable."
The statement reads in part: "Such acts openly challenge the authority of the central government and touch the bottom line of the 'one-country, two-systems' principle."
Demonstrators were attacked by counter-protesters at a subway station and aboard a train. At least 36 people were injured in the melee.
NHK
