NSTworld Chinese state media urge 'tougher line' in Hong Kong after Xinhua targeted HongKongProtest
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.”
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. A riot police officer scuffles with protesters as he tries to detain a protester at a shopping mall in Tai Po in Hong Kong, China November 3, 2019. - REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
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