China sits out protests in Hong Kong

Beijing may be using harsh language against the protesters in Hong Kong, but if you read between the lines, it is clear that it is treading carefully.

Demonstrators in Hong Kong © ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP/Getty Images

The protest movement seems to be escalating, not fading away
(Image credit: Demonstrators in Hong Kong © ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP/Getty Images)

The last two months have seen unprecedented protests in Hong Kong, which continue despite the police using "tear gas and rubber bullets" against demonstrators, and standing by while "thugs" attack them, says The Washington Post. Chinese officials this week broke their silence on the protests. They expressed their confidence in Hong Kong's unpopular leader Carrie Lam, but also adopted an "uncompromising" tone, hinting that Chinese forces could be deployed on the island.

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Emily has worked as a journalist for more than thirty years and was formerly Assistant Editor of MoneyWeek, which she helped launch in 2000. Prior to this, she was Deputy Features Editor of The Times and a Commissioning Editor for The Independent on Sunday and The Daily Telegraph. She has written for most of the national newspapers including The Times, the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Evening Standard and The Daily Mail, She interviewed celebrities weekly for The Sunday Telegraph and wrote a regular column for The Evening Standard. As Political Editor of MoneyWeek, Emily has covered subjects from Brexit to the Gaza war.

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