[HONG KONG] China's top office for Hong Kong affairs plans a briefing on the city's unrest, after a weekend of demonstrations illustrated the challenge of quelling a protest movement that's leaderless, unpredictable and widespread. Read more at The Business Times.
China's top office for Hong Kong affairs plans a briefing on the city's unrest, after a weekend of demonstrations illustrated the challenge of quelling a protest movement that's leaderless, unpredictable and widespread.[HONG KONG] China's top office for Hong Kong affairs plans a briefing on the city's unrest, after a weekend of demonstrations illustrated the challenge of quelling a protest movement that's leaderless, unpredictable and widespread.
The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, which reports to China's cabinet, scheduled a news conference Monday in Beijing, which the South China Morning Post newspaper said was a first since the end of British colonial rule in 1997.By Sunday night, clouds of tear gas hovered over the normally buzzing downtown area of Sai Ying Pun, which also hosts the Chinese government's main office in Hong Kong.
With demonstrators dispersed across four separate districts over the weekend, it was hard to tell how many took part compared with previous weeks. Protesters said thousands joined the airport sit-in, and about 300,000 people took part in Saturday's march through Yuen Long, where train commuters, including a lawmaker, were attacked last weekend.
"Even Carrie Lam's resignation and universal suffrage aren't going to resolve the crisis in Hong Kong," said Oscar Cheung, an office worker in his twenties, as he gathered in a downtown area."The truth is China is having a tighter and tighter grip on Hong Kong and our rights."
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