{"id":193167,"date":"2019-08-13T08:35:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T08:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=193167"},"modified":"2019-08-16T08:10:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T08:10:49","slug":"something-very-bad-about-to-happen-in-hong-kong-hongkongprotests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=193167","title":{"rendered":"Beijing &#8216;preparing tanks at Hong Kong border&#8217;, warns Trump as protesters clash with police at airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sophia Yan and Michael Zhang \u2013 Daily Telegraph Aug 14, 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hong-kong-protests-win.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-189964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hong-kong-protests-win-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hong-kong-protests-win-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hong-kong-protests-win-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hong-kong-protests-win-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hong-kong-protests-win.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Donald Trump warned that China was moving troops to the Hong Kong border as protesters <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2019\/08\/13\/hong-kong-airport-resumes-flights-protests-beijing-condemns\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>clashed with riot police at the city&#8217;s international airport for a second time <\/strong><\/span><\/a>on Tuesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Scuffles broke out after protesters allegedly detained two men, accusing them of being undercover Chinese officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">One of the men was bound with cable ties and appeared semi-conscious as protesters displayed his belongings on the floor. Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the\u00a0<em>Global\u00a0Times<\/em>,<em>\u00a0<\/em>said the man was a reporter for the Communist Party mouthpiece newspaper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Trouble began as a number of regular police officers entered the airport without riot gear to assist paramedics after one of the men collapsed. Protesters drove the police out of the terminal building and shortly afterwards around 50 riot police arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Police used pepper spray and made five arrests as scenes briefly turned violent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In one flashpoint, protesters cornered a police officer and started beating him with his own baton. The officer had been trying to arrest a pro-democracy protester, but was beaten back by the crowd. As he was shoved to the floor, he drew his gun. The protesters immediately leapt back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Had he fired, the consequences for Hong Kong and its young army of activists could have been dire. But the officer held his nerve and colleagues came to his aid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">About 30 protesters remained at the airport early on Wednesday while workers scrubbed it clean of blood and debris from overnight. Check-in counters reopened to queues of weary travellers who had waited overnight for their flights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Meanwhile, Chinese paramilitary police were assembling across the border in the city of\u00a0Shenzhen\u00a0for exercises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">While China has yet to threaten sending in the army &#8211; as it did against pro-democracy protesters in Beijing in 1989 &#8211; the\u00a0Shenzhen\u00a0exercises were a sign of its ability to crush the demonstrations, even at the cost to Hong Kong&#8217;s reputation as a safe haven for business and international exchange. Images on the internet showed armored personnel carriers belonging to the People&#8217;s Armed Police driving in a convoy on Monday towards the site of the exercises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Mr Trump said in a tweet: &#8220;Our Intelligence has informed us that the Chinese Government is moving troops to the Border with Hong Kong. Everyone should be calm and safe!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He retweeted a video purporting to show army trucks queuing in Shenzhen, the Chinese city that borders Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disturbing video taken in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shenzhen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Shenzhen<\/a> just across the boarder with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HongKong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HongKong<\/a>. Something extraordinarily bad is about happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HongKongProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HongKongProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Democracy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveHongKong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveHongKong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gad5R5HVZL\">https:\/\/t.co\/Gad5R5HVZL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alexandre Krauss (@AlexandreKrausz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexandreKrausz\/status\/1160947525442056193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The US president, who is embroiled in a major trade dispute with China,<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2019\/08\/14\/donald-trump-accused-soft-china-hong-kong-protests\/\">\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>added: &#8220;Many are blaming me<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and the United States, for the problems going on in Hong Kong. I can\u2019t imagine why?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2019\/08\/13\/hong-kong-airport-resumes-flights-protests-beijing-condemns\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Ten weeks of increasingly violent clashes<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0between police and protesters have roiled the Asian financial hub as thousands of residents chafe at a perceived erosion of freedoms and autonomy under Chinese rule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged\u00a0Hong\u00a0Kong\u00a0to exercise restraint and investigate evidence of its forces firing tear gas at protesters in ways banned under international law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">China later rejected\u00a0what it called a &#8220;wrongful statement&#8221;\u00a0by the UN, saying it amounted to interference in its domestic affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">At a news conference in the government headquarters complex, which is fortified behind 6-foot (1.8-m) -high water-filled barricades, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said: &#8220;Take a minute to look at our city, our home.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Her voice cracked as she added: &#8220;Can we bear to push it into the abyss and see it smashed to pieces?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Ms Lam\u2019s repeated refusals to make any concessions or show sympathy towards protesters, some of whom have been injured as police shoot tear gas and rubber bullets, has only upset them more and boosted public support for the activists plunging the city into its worst political crisis in decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, tweeted: &#8220;Concerning to see what&#8217;s happening in Hong Kong and the worrying pictures of clashes between police &amp; protesters at the airport. As I said to Carrie Lam during my call last week, we condemn the violence &amp; encourage constructive dialogue to find a peaceful way forward.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Chris Patten, the last governor under British colonial rule, said that Hong Kong was &#8220;close to the abyss,&#8221; because Ms Lam refused to withdraw a controversial extradition bill<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;I think there is a degree of frustration and anger at the government refusing to give any sensible ground at all, which probably provokes more violence,&#8221; Mr Patten told BBC Radio 4&#8217;s Today programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He urged Boris Johnson to take a firmer line with Beijing, and to put pressure on visiting National Security Advisor John Bolton for US help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, said the UK should extend citizenship rights to Hong Kong citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The White House has also urged &#8220;all sides&#8221; to avoid violence in Hong Kong. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, on Monday praised protesters for standing up to the Chinese Communist Party, warning that the &#8220;world is watching&#8221; for any violent crackdown by authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Mr Trump earlier said he hoped no one would be killed. The crisis\u00a0was a &#8220;very tricky situation,&#8221; the president told reporters in New Jersey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8220;I hope it works out peacefully, nobody gets hurt, nobody gets killed,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2019\/08\/13\/riot-police-clash-protesters-hong-kong-airport-flights-cancelled\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Foolishness \u2013 Aug 12, 2019<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k6QxEEJ_zJA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms Lam\u2019s repeated refusals to make concessions has only upset protesters more and boosted public support for activists, plunging the city into its worst political crisis in decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=193167"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193209,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193167\/revisions\/193209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=193167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=193167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=193167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}