Hong Kong protest tension surfaces in Richmond, Canada, the world’s most-Chinese city outside Asia
- 5 years ago
Canada is among several nations where demonstrations for and against Hong Kong’s ongoing anti-government protests have played out in recent weeks. The tension between rival groups heated up on October 5, 2019, when hundreds of Hong Kong protest supporters and smaller numbers of opponents rallied in Richmond, a city near Vancouver, that is considered the world’s most-Chinese city outside Asia. Police tackled and handcuffed Chinese political refugee Yang Kuang before ordering him to leave the…