Sunday’s rally was billed as a return to nonviolent demonstrations, one week after thousands of protesters occupied the Hong Kong airport.
Trump and his lieutenants have signaled to Xi Jinping that the United States won’t object to China crushing the pro-democracy in Hong Kong.
“It’s peaceful, but the government will ignore you,” he said. Yet he joined in hopes that larger numbers might exert some pressure on the government, he said. Beijing officials have said without evidence that the CIA is orchestrating Hong Kong’s protests. Officials have alsoand threaten China’s national sovereignty, which they have described as a “bottom line.”
“There’s only one voice in their news, and it doesn’t make sense,” Woo said, referring to Chinese state media, which have blocked reports of peaceful rallies in Hong Kong while amplifying scenes of confrontation between protesters and police. “You can see that everyone is peacefully voicing their opinion,” Leung said, adding that there were no confrontations at that point because there were no police around. “No police, no violence.”
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