In a rare news conference, China’s top office for Hong Kong affairs endorsed the territory’s leader and the police’s handling of increasingly violent clashes with protesters
BEIJING—China’s top office for Hong Kong affairs used a rare news conference to endorse the territory’s leader and the police’s handling of increasingly violent clashes with protesters, signaling that Beijing is unlikely to yield concessions as it pressures the semiautonomous city to quell the unrest.
Yang Guang, a spokesman for the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council, on Monday gave tacit support for the city’s authorities to further ramp up their efforts to resolve the standoff—making it clear that the...Tens of thousands of protesters, fueled by anger over earlier attacks on demonstrators, sparked violent skirmishes again in Yuen Long, as police fired tear gas and projectiles.
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