Anti-govt protests rock Hong Kong again; pro-Beijing lawmaker stabbed during campaign

As violence in Hong Kong escalated following protests demanding political reforms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory, an anti-government assailant stabbed and wounded a pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker who was election campaigning on Wednesday, according to police. (AP photo)

On Wednesday, hundreds of students at two universities rallied in support of a 22-year-old youth who is fighting for his life in a hospital after reportedly falling off the upper floor of a carpark building when police fired tear gas in clashes early Monday. The poster reads; "Obstruct rescue is like murdering, investigate police brutality and tell the truth." (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Pro-democracy university students hold up their hands to represent the protesters' five demands at the campus of the University of Hong Kong today. The movement which began in June has since grown into calls for greater democracy and police accountability. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Pro-democracy university students hold a banner with Chinese reads "Investigate police brutality, support students" at the campus of the University of Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Pro-democracy students held a rally at the campus of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology today. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a press conference in Beijing today. She was on a visit to the mainland, and met with President Xi Jinping in Shanghai on Monday in what was seen as an endorsement of her government's handling of the protests in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The protests began in early June against a now-abandoned extradition bill that would have allowed suspects to be sent for trials in mainland China, which many saw as infringing of Hong Kong's judicial freedoms and other rights that were guaranteed when the former British colony returned to China in 1997. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)