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Hundreds of secondary school students attended a pro-democracy demonstrations in central Hong Kong on Monday (September 2) as part of a wider anti-government movement that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city in its biggest political crisis in decades.Protesters had called for a general strike but most people appeared to return to their daily lives with shops opening, trains operating and workers making their way to offices across the global financial hub.
It comes amid three months of unrest in Hong Kong.
Prominent pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Andy Chain and Agnes Chow were arrested in Hong Kong on Thursday and Friday. Wong, one of the leaders of the so-called Umbrella Movement in 2014, was arrested on suspicion of organising illegal protests, despite not being a prominent figure in recent demonstrations. A pro-democracy march planned for Saturday was cancelled after police refused permission for it to take place.
Simon Cheng Man-kit is missing after crossing the border for a business trip.
A post on the social media site Weibo about the current situation in Hong Kong has not gone down well.
Britain warned to stop interfering in Hong Kong's affairs.
Social media posts reveal the scale of the stand-off, which has grounded flights for a second day.
Commons foreign affairs committee chair Tom Tugendhat says Britain has a role in calming increasingly violent clashes between protesters and police.
China's army has begun "military exercises" near the Hong Kong border.
All outgoing flights have been cancelled from the Hong Kong airport as a pro-democracy protest sit-in continues. Clashes between the protesters and Hong Kong police are growing increasingly violent. Over the weekend, images of a woman bleeding from her eye prompted many of the airport protesters to cover one eye in solidarity.