HONG KONG—Hong Kong protesters threw petrol bombs and police fired tear gas in street battles across the city on Oct. 1, posing a direct challenge to Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s takeover of China.
Police fired water cannon and tear gas to try to disperse protesters throwing petrol bombs outside central government offices in the Admiralty area of Hong Kong island and ordered the evacuation of the Legislative Council building, trashed by activists weeks ago, next door.
