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Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are preparing to demonstrate for the 21st straight weekend as unrest spreads around the globe, from South America to Europe to the Middle East.
Protesters in the financial hub will look to keep up momentum in the months-long fight with officials in Beijing for greater democracy. Reports surfaced that China’s leaders were mulling a plan to replace Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam by early next year in a bid to calm public anger.
The rallies have become increasingly violent over the course of October, with two protesters shot and a police officer slashed. This weekend demonstrations were planned in the city’s financial district on Hong Kong Island and another on Sunday on the Kowloon side of the harbour.
All efforts so far by Hong Kong’s authorities to quell the protests have largely failed, from banning marches and withdrawing the proposed extradition bill to using an emergency law to outlaw face masks and pledging to make housing more affordable.
The protests have been cited as inspiration for demonstrators around the world who have flooded the streets of major cities this month over economic inequality, regional grievances.