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15 Nov 2019

Hong Kong in recession after months of anti-China protests

Europe Editor and Presenter

Hong Kong has entered its first recession for a decade after months of anti-China protests and violent clashes. A 70-year-old man has died after being hit by a brick allegedly thrown by protesters. The police say they are treating it as murder. Student activists have barricaded themselves into university campuses and shut down major roads, but today an eerie calm descended.