The Beat still going in China.

[Dan Stubbs]

Tens of thousands of people defied a police ban and marched through several central neighborhoods on Saturday. Some clashed with riot police officers near the government headquarters, hurling rocks and bricks as officers responded with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon.

The police said protesters threw as many as 100 firebombs over the weekend, and displayed one they seized — made from a Corona Extra beer bottle — at a news conference.