<span style="color: #222222;">Hong Kong protesters struck the city's transport network for a second day running on Tuesday. Yesterday, police shot a young demonstrator and another man was set on fire. Small bands of masked protesters blocked roads, threw objects onto train tracks and held up subway trains, sparking clashes with police and renewed chaos on the morning commute.<br />''</span><br />''Hong Kong has endured 24 straight weeks of increasingly violent rallies aimed at securing greater democratic freedoms from China, which has ruled the city under a one country, two systems framework since its handover from the British in 1997.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The protesters are desperate to stop what they see as Beijing's tightening control over Hong Kong, and reneging on its handover commitment to allow greater liberties for the city than those on the mainland.</span><br />