{"id":885,"date":"2022-06-08T12:27:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T12:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrisstowers.com\/?page_id=885"},"modified":"2022-06-10T09:37:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T09:37:10","slug":"hong-kong-protest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chrisstowers.com\/hong-kong-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong &#8211; Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"gb-container gb-container-f57b84f4\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d9cb7370 gb-headline-text\">Hong Kong &#8211; Protests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-36e479a5 gb-headline-text\">2019<\/h4>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"gb-container gb-container-2b20a398\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-406d0a3e gb-headline-text\">In 2019, Hong Kong was alive with protests against the proposed Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill. Groups of students and concerned individuals held frequent running battles with the police, sheltering from teargas salvoes behind their ubiquitous umbrellas. Chris was on hand to cover events for a variety of international media outlets.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"gb-container gb-container-c04696b6\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-_7ebc4c-2a{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-_7ebc4c-2a{margin:-20px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-_7ebc4c-2a .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:20px;}.kb-gallery-id-_7ebc4c-2a .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery kb-gallery-wrap-id-_7ebc4c-2a\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-_7ebc4c-2a kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-image-filter=\"none\" 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