China says protesters like 'terrorists', airport reopens

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News ID: 43020
Asia » Asia
Publish Date: 11:23 - 14 August 2019
TEHRAN, August 14 - China’s Hong Kong Liaison office said on Wednesday that anti government protesters were no different to “terrorists”, as U.S. President Donald Trump said Chinese troops were moving to the border with Hong Kong and urged calm.

China says protesters like 'terrorists', airport reopensTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The Beijing-based Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office on Wednesday said extremely violent crimes must be severely punished in accordance with the law.

The strongly worded statements by China’s central government follows violent clashes between black clad protesters and riot police at Hong Kong’s international airport, which saw hundreds of flights halted for a second day.

A few dozen protesters remained at the airport on Wednesday while workers scrubbed it clean of blood and debris. Check-in counters reopened to queues of hundreds of weary travelers who had waited overnight for their flights.

Source: Reuters

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