Hong Kong’s business district came to a standstill again yesterday, as supporters of the pro-establishment, anti-Occupy Central movement took to the streets to add their voices to the city’s summer of political discontent.
The rally was the latest in a series of retaliatory protests by pro-Beijing and pro-democracy groups, in a political battle over how the promise of universal suffrage will be achieved in the former British colony.
Except for reports of a few dozen eggs being thrown at protesters who opposed the march, the event was mostly peaceful, with no repeat of the widespread arrests that marred the sit-ins after July’s pro-democracy rally.