Umbrella Revolution protests spread in Hong Kong: AP China has called the protests illegal and endorsed the Hong Kong governments crackdown. The clashes, images of which have been beamed around the world, are undermining the citys image as a safe financial haven, and raised the stakes of the face-off against President Xi Jinpings government. Beijing has taken a hard line against threats to the Communist Partys monopoly on power, including clamping down on dissidents and Muslim Uighur separatists in the countrys far west.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 08:28:37 +0000
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