Local protesters shout to pro-China demonstrators during an anti-China protest at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong, China July 11, 2015. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
HONG KONG (Reuters) - On a recent Sunday night in the working class Hong Kong district of Mong Kok, a group of young, radical activists swore through loud-hailers and gestured rudely as they denounced mainland Chinese as "prostitutes" and "barbarians".
The youngsters are members of a new front that is using increasingly aggressive tactics to demand an independent Hong Kong free from mainland China's grip.
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