‘A Reset’: Hong Kong Protesters Find New Momentum With Largest Rally in Weeks

Hundreds of thousands attended a nonviolent rally following weeks of clashes with police

After weeks of escalating violence between police and demonstrators, hundreds of thousands of people hit the streets peacefully in the 11th consecutive weekend of protests. Photo: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images

HONG KONG—Pro-democracy demonstrators braved torrential rain to hold their largest rally in weeks, a show of mass support that reset the movement that opposes Beijing’s tightening grip on the city and which heaped pressure on officials to resolve its biggest political crisis in decades.

The peaceful procession was in contrast to recent weekends which have seen bloody battles between protesters and police spread across the city and shuttered the city’s airport last Monday.