Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Hong Kong Wednesday, surrounding the city’s Legislative Council in an effort to stop proposed legislation that would allow extraditions to mainland China.

Protesters were met with tear gas and rubber bullets as they expressed anger over China’s growing influence and fear that liberties in the territory were eroding. The clashes followed earlier protests on Sunday, when more than 1 million people in Hong Kong took to the streets to protest the extradition law. And that massive demonstration came as local lawyers in the city expressed concern over the upcoming amendments to a law that predated Hong Kong’s 1997 handover to China.