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A group of pro-Beijing supporters gather in Yuen Long near the Chinese border to showcase their solidarity amid rising tensions between the establishment and pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong IMAGES
Supporters gather as two executives from Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily are to appear at court charged with collusion after authorities deployed a sweeping security law to target the newspaper, a scathing critic of Beijing. Chief editor Ryan Law and CEO Cheung Kim-hung are accused of colluding with foreign forces to undermine China's national security over a series of articles that police said called for international sanctions. IMAGES
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters gather in Central district Hong Kong for a rally themed "2020 Karma to Commies Universal Siege on Communists". Hong Kong's protests were sparked by a now abandoned plan to allow criminal extradition to the mainland, where the opaque court system is beholden to the communist party. It has since morphed into a wider anti-government movement. IMAGES
Cabinet member and pro-Beijing lawmaker Regina Ip is heckled by crowd in Hong Kong's Central business district and is escorted to a taxi by police. The pro-democracy camp scored a crushing victory in community-level elections that revealed broad public support for a protest movement that has sparked months of violence. IMAGES
Junius Ho, a firebrand pro-Beijing politician in Hong Kong, has been wounded in a knife attack, the latest tit-for tat political violence to break out in a city engulfed by months of pro-democracy protests. IMAGES
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