Friends say ticking clock drove wounded Hong Kong protester

The shooting — the first time a protester is known to have been hit by gunfire — was a fearsome escalation in what is already the most serious crisis faced by any post-1997 Hong Kong leader and is severely testing the strength of Beijing's commitments to let the territory be largely its own boss, at least until 2047.

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