Firefighters extinguish a fire from explosions in an abandoned car, set up by protesters, near a barricade above the Tolo Highway next to the Chinese University campus in Hong Kong, China November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas while protesters threw petrol bombs and fired arrows in clashes outside Hong Kong's Polytechnic University on Saturday, just hours after Chinese soldiers made a rare appearance to help clean up the city's streets.
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers in shorts and t-shirts appeared in streets outside their base, helping residents clean up debris after anti-government protests blocked roads.
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