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CALM. Passengers check the status of their flights on an electronic board at Hong Kong's international airport on August 14, 2019. Photo by Philip Fong/AFP
"We express the strongest condemnation of these terrorist-like actions," said Xu Luying, spokeswoman at the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs of the State Council, who called the two men who were beaten"mainland China compatriots." "I hope it works out for everybody including China. I hope it works out peacefully, nobody gets hurt, nobody gets killed," Trump said.that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China.Under a 1997 deal that saw Hong Kong return to China from British colonial rule, the city is meant to have far greater liberties than those allowed on the mainland.
One group, which has organized anonymous press conferences featuring protesters, sought Tuesday to address the concerns that the rallies at the airport had gone too far. Another man, wearing a yellow journalist vest, was surrounded, zip-tied and then beaten by a small group who accused him of being a spy.In a tweet, Hu Xijun, the editor of China's state-controlled Global Times tabloid – which has vociferously condemned the protests – said the man was a journalist for the paper.
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