HONG KONG – Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the upmarket Causeway Bay shopping district on Sept. 8, after demonstrators had rallied at the U.S. Consulate calling for help in bringing democracy to the Chinese-ruled city.
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Protesters march from Chater Garden to the US consulate in Hong Kong on Sept. 8, 2019, to call on the US to pressure Beijing to meet their demands and for Congress to pass a recently proposed bill that expresses support for the protest movement.