New mass demonstration in Hong Kong despite China's growing warnings.

in #news5 years ago

Under the torrential rain a multicolored mosaic of umbrellas has covered the streets adjacent to Victoria Park. There, several hundreds of thousands of people have gathered this afternoon to continue the anti-government protests that have shaken Hong Kong for eleven weeks.According to the organizers, the Civil Front of Human Rights, the number of attendees rises to 1.7 million people, one of the most massive in the history of the excolonia of 7.4 million inhabitants. The authorities had denied permission to march, which was going to cross the city, reducing it to a concentration inside the park; but the assistance has been such that the surroundings have been blocked and people have ended up moving.

Today's massive demonstration reaffirms the massive popular support enjoyed by the protests. The cause has not been damaged despite the escalation of tensions last week, in which the protesters came to block the city airport for two days, so they later apologized to those affected. Benny Tai, one of the leaders of the umbrella revolution and released this week, also went to Victoria Park today. "The march on Sunday should once again bring together a million people. The people of Hong Kong cannot be defeated," deputy Claudia Mo said yesterday in a post on her Facebook profile.
The mobilizations began yesterday with a march of thousands of professors and later a crowd gathered in Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan, two port neighborhoods frequented by Chinese tourists from the continent. The gestures of support have also spread to cities in other countries: Australia, United Kingdom, Canada or Germany. In Melbourne, Australia, a group of radical Chinese nationalists tried to boycott the protests by resorting to violence and several of them were arrested. At the same time, thousands of pro-Beijing supporters concentrated in Tamar Park to praise the local government and the police.

Protesters have not been intimidated by the police action, which has already arrested 700 people, or the threat of a Chinese military attack. For a few days, the government has begun to concentrate bumps in Shenzhen, the city on the other side of the border, just 40 kilometers from Hong Kong. Photographs released Friday by the Reuters agency also showed Chinese uniforms exercising to placate demonstrations!.hongo.jpg

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