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Hong Kong's defiant protesters have crippled transport links and jammed up roads causing chaos across the city for a third consecutive day.

fiery battles the night before at Chinese University ( unrest stirred in districts across the city Wednesday's actions followCUHK) in Sha Tin as police and protesters locked horns in a full-day clash, marked by petrol bombs thrown by protesters, and tear gas and rubber bullets fired by officers. Late into the night, more

While no confrontation has broken out at Chinese University so far, protesters have set up an elaborate roadblock in Central, the city's business hub, as well as other major thoroughfares in Kowloon Tong, Yuen Long and Tai Po.

Most of the universities in Hong Kong have announced classes will either be suspended till next week or replaced entirely with online lectures until the end of the semester. More than 80 mainland Chinese and dozens of Taiwanese students in Chinese University have been evacuated on Wednesday following the clashes yesterday.