WITH POLICE IN A SHOPPING MALL AND ON THE STREETS.
NBC’S ERIN McLAUGHLIN
HAS THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
IN HONG KONG ON THE
EVE BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
CLASHES AT ONE OF THE
CITY’S LUXURY SHOPPING
MALLS.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS
WATCH IN SHOCK AS
PLAINCLOTHES POLICE
OFFICERS IN BLACK AND
GREEN JACKETS BEAT
BACK ANTI-GOVERNMENT
DEMONSTRATORS.
>> I’M FIGHTING.
>> Reporter:
PROTESTERS SAY IT’S A
FIGHT FOR GREATER
DEMOCRACY WHAT SOME
HAVE SARCASTICALLY
DUBBED HONG KONG’S
WHITE CHRISTMAS.
INSTEAD OF SNOW, TEAR
GAS AND PEPPER SPRAY.
JOURNALIST JASMINE
LEUNG TOLD US THE
CLASHES LASTED INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY.
>> IT’S 3:00 IN THE
MORNING IN HONG KONG.
STILL ON THE STREET.
>> Reporter: AT ONE
POINT POLICE VANS
BROKE THROUGH A
MAKESHIFT BARRICADE
ERECTED IN THE MIDDLE
OF A HIGH-END TOURIST
HUB ONLY FOR
PROTESTERS TO GO ABOUT
SETTING IT UP AGAIN.
THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
NOW IN ITS SEVENTH
MONTH.
OBSERVERS SAY PROTEST
INTENSITY DIPPED IN
DECEMBER, BUT WITH
MORE PROTESTS IN THE
WORKS, QUESTIONS OF
THIS LATEST SPIKE WILL