Chinese state media urge 'tougher line' in Hong Kong after Xinhua targeted

 

Riot police disperse anti-government protesters at shopping mall in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese state media on Monday urged authorities to take a "tougher line" against protesters in Hong Kong who vandalised state-run Xinhua news agency and other buildings at the weekend, saying the violence damaged the city's rule of law.

 

In an editorial, state-backed China Daily newspaper criticised the "wanton" attacks by "naive" demonstrators, adding, "They are doomed to fail simply because their violence will encounter the full weight of the law."

 

Police fired tear gas at black-clad protesters on Saturday in some of the worst violence in the Asian financial hub in weeks, with metro stations set ablaze and buildings vandalised, including an outlet of U.S. coffee chain Starbucks.

 

The past five months of anti-government protests in the former British colony represent the biggest popular challenge to President Xi Jinping's government since he took over China's leadership in late 2012.

 

Protesters are angry at China's perceived meddling with Hong Kong’s freedoms, including its legal system, since the Asian financial hub returned to Chinese rule in 1997. China denies the accusation.

 

The widely-read Global Times tabloid on Sunday condemned the protesters' actions targeting Xinhua and called for action by Hong Kong's enforcement agencies.

 

"Due to the symbolic image of Xinhua, the vandalising of its branch is not only a provocation to the rule of law in Hong Kong, but also to the central government and the Chinese mainland, which is the rioters' main purpose," it said.

 

On Friday, after a meeting of China's top leadership, a senior Chinese official said it would not tolerate separatism or threats to national security in Hong Kong and would "perfect" the way it appointed the city's leader.

 

(Reporting by Brenda Goh; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-11-04

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Totalitarian governments read and follow the same handbook. Propoganda, pacify, disarm, silence, registrate, subjugate, incarcerate and eliminate.

From the level of violence I witnessed shown on TV by so-called protesters, some of them deserve to be thrown in jail.

...how about if 'foreign interests' make a move for...say...Puerto Rico.....???

It’s getting crazy destroying properties, violence. All sides need to 

have a sit down and find a solution. 5+ months and still going on

it could ultimately destroy Hong Kong. 

Here's HK "democracy" terrorist stabs pro-unification lawyer, in broad daylight

Three are injured during this failed assasination

 

 

 

Here's HK "democracy" terrorists burning down market streets and bookstore, this particular bookstore belong to a publisher has long standing heritage, well known for translating many masterpieces to Chinese reader, like Betrand Russel, Hegel, Spinoza

 

 

 

Here's a video gone total viral within Chinese netizens. As I was informed a man driving his family home and encountered HK "democracy" protests' blockade. Since he doubted the blockade & tried to talk his way through, those democracy dudes deemed him the Enemy of Color Revolution - they surrounded the van, dragged the guy out of the car, abused him, bullied him, chained him. He silently taken all the bullets and protected his family from hurt, when he finally got those demo-dudes distracted, he imediately get back in the car, locked door, totally rammed and destroyed the blockade and away with his family. 

 

I first seen the vids in a facebook motor group, every Chinese no matter from Mainland, Taiwan, Asean or Western all cheered for him.

 

 

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If you could read Japanese, I think this report written by scholar Aoyama is very good and minimal bias. He criticized Beijing during 1989 event, yet he felt so sad and unsettling about current HK ongoing. 

 

Most Chinese agree the HK event is rooted deep within the appalling Gini index HK currently have, which was driven by the city's own greed and divided people. Also though not many but some HKer could be very racist as the Japanese scholar pointed out.

 

Not trying to argue on the internet but just want you to know, other than mainstream western media there're vast diffferent voices in China, and that has NOTHING to do with Chinese gov. Myself have quite some grudges against Chinese gov yet I condemn meaningless violence, and also think it's unfair for Chinese as a whole bear many negative stereotype.

 

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