Timothy Mclaughlin Anna Kam The Washington Post

Thousands of protesters shut down Hong Kong's international airport Monday, defying an intensifying police crackdown as China issued ominous warnings that described the protests as "terrorism" and began massing a paramilitary force in a southern border city.

Thousands of protesters shut down Hong Kong's international airport Monday, defying an intensifying police crackdown as China issued ominous warnings that described the protests as "terrorism" and began massing a paramilitary force in a southern border city.