Chinese military can be deployed at Hong Kong’s request to contain protests, Beijing says
  • 5 years ago
The Chinese military has said that it can be deployed to Hong Kong to maintain social order at the request of the city’s government. Wu Qian, a spokesman for China’s defence ministry, also said Sunday’s siege of the mainland government’s liaison office in Hong Kong  was intolerable. At a July 24, 2019, press conference, Wu echoed state media reports published the previous day denouncing vandalism of the central government liaison office in Hong Kong.  Wu said the July 21 siege, which…
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