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Catapults, flaming arrows: HK protesters’ medieval tech

by Jasmine Leung and Aidan Jones November 16, 2019February 18, 2020

With wooden catapults to launch petrol bombs and bows and arrows pilfered from sports departments, Hong Kong’s democracy protesters are combining new tactics with medieval tech as they battle police. Roads in the financial hub have been blockaded with bamboo lattices this week, while mini Stonehenge-like structures have been built from dug-up pavement as the […]

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