Hong Kong pushed to the brink of total collapse PHOTO/VIDEO

As a result, parts of public transport, schools and many businesses will be closed following the escalation of expected violence.

As a result, parts of public transport, schools and many businesses will be closed following the escalation of expected violence.
Clashes erupted at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with police firing tear gas to disperse students. Police continued to use tear gas to try to disperse the protesters who responded with bricks and petrol bombs. Hundreds of protesters remain at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The flare-ups occurred a day after police shot an unarmed protester at close range and a man was doused with petrol and set on fire in some of the worst violence since the protests began nearly five months ago in the China-ruled city.

#HongKong protesters produce petrol bombs. The protest is organized and there must be a funding source. #HongKongProstests pic.twitter.com/Mve7bGKKVr

— Liam Stone石立安 (@liamstone_19) November 13, 2019

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More than a thousand protesters, many wearing masks, protested in the financial district for the second day in a row, and roads were blocked around some of the city's highest skyscrapers and the most expensive real estate.
Hundreds of masked protesters, many of them students, hurled back petrol bombs, rocks and bricks, some launched with catapults. After the clashes, dozens of the injured lay sprawled on the ground.
After they had dispersed, police fired tear gas at the remaining protesters and made more than a dozen arrests, Associated Press reports.
Many subway and train stations were closed after protesters blocked passenger ships and attacked trains.
Classes were suspended at universities,...