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Hong Kong Metro Partially Reopens as City Braces for More Protests

Reuters

   HONG KONG - Hong Kong's rail operator partially reopened the city's
   metro system Sunday after an unprecedented shutdown but kept many
   typically busy stations closed as the Chinese territory braced for
   large demonstrations later in the day.

   Violent protests erupted across the Asian financial center Friday hours
   after its leader Carrie Lam invoked colonial-era emergency powers, last
   used more than 50 years ago, to curb months of unrest.

   The night's "extreme violence" justified the use of the emergency law,
   Beijing-backed Lam said in a television address Saturday.

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