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Strike brings Hong Kong to a standstill as political crisis deepens

Police in Hong Kong fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters on Monday as strikes crippled the city’s transport network and forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights amid a deepening political crisis.

Activists blocked arterial roads and halted traffic across the city in a show of fury as Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam warned that the Asian financial hub was on the “verge of a very dangerous situation”.

The industrial action is the latest tactic adopted by protesters after more than two months of demonstrations that started as opposition to an extradition bill that would allow criminal suspects to be tried in China.

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