'The whole system is rotten. We want to tear it down': Hong Kong protests blaze on

HONG KONG - It took Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam 13 weeks to withdraw the extradition bill that sparked the city's summer of unrest. But her announcement failed to stop the protests for even one night.

Demonstrators have continued to rally, march, clash with police and, on Sunday, wave American flags while singing the U.S. national anthem in an appeal for help from Washington.

"Resist Beijing, liberate Hong Kong! Sanction China, now or never! Pray for U.S., pray for us!" chanted tens of thousands of protesters who marched to the U.S. Consulate on Sunday afternoon in a call for Congress to pass legislation that would strengthen