Hong Kong students and emigrants in Taiwan have been buying helmets, goggles, umbrellas, plastic wrap and band-aids in bulk and couriering them to pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
A campaign in Kaoshiung, Taiwan, saw an outpouring of help for the protesters collecting more than $1 million in cash which will be spent on buying items and paying for deliveries to Hong Kong.
Authorities in mainland China, meanwhile, have reportedly been intercepting Hong Kong-bound parcels containing similar items.