Student protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University have placed barriers between themselves and thousands of police. They also have lit fires as riot police threaten to use force.
Hong Kong Protests Continue
![A fire set by protesters burns at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Hong Kong police using tear gas and rubber bullets fought off protesters Monday as they tried to break through a police cordon that is trapping hundreds of them on a university campus. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)](https://gdb.voanews.com/219f1b7b-0512-4b20-b43a-b2622c330f18_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A fire set by protesters burns at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Hong Kong police using tear gas and rubber bullets fought off protesters Monday as they tried to break through a police cordon that is trapping hundreds of them on a university campus. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)