Protesters have vandalized the Hong Kong office of China's official Xinhua News Agency for the first time during the months-long anti-government demonstrations, smashing windows and doors.
Local media showed scenes of the aftermath that included a
fire in the lobby of the Xinhua office in Hong Kong's Wan Chai district, with shattered windows and graffiti sprawled over the wall.
Protesters have been targeting Chinese banks and businesses perceived to be linked to mainland
China as anger builds up against
Beijing, which the
protesters accuse of infringing on the freedoms guaranteed when
Britain returned Hong Kong to China in 1997.