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Battered and bruised, Hong Kong cleans up for sensitive Chinese anniversary

An anti-government protester uses a tennis racket to hit a tear gas canister during a clash with riot police in Hong Kong, China September 29, 2019.[Reuters]

Hong Kong’s metro stations and roads re-opened on Monday after a chaotic weekend that saw police fire water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who set fires and threw petrol bombs outside government offices and across central districts.

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