To Hong Kong now where this was a scene a short time ago as riot police used

pepper spray tear gas and rubber bullets to hold back a surge of protesters

trying to storm the territory's main government complex.

The demonstration has delayed debate on a controversial expedition law. It's here

the bill could allow suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial. A bill

many see as a power grab by China and a threat to their semi-special

autonomous status.

The protests have been ongoing since Sunday when a million people took to the

streets which expressed their anger.

I think that's no hope but we still need to continue to fight against the

Beijing government and hold tight our city and our future.

Matt Rivers you're an international correspondent for CNN the cable news

network covering the protests from Hong Kong where are you right now?

So currently I'm in the shadow of the legislative council building which is

kind of the main government building here in Hong Kong and it's it's kind of

been ground zero for the massive protests that we've seen since Sunday here.

Yeah what's it been like since Sunday what's been happening outside that

building? Yeah I mean it's been chaotic in Hong Kong to say the least it

started kind of on Sunday when there was if you believe the numbers from

organizers over a million people marching out in the streets largely peaceful on

Sunday. Monday and Tuesday went by with smaller protests but then Wednesday

yesterday it really picked up where there was tens of thousands of people

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