Hong Kong anti-government protests subsided amid a coronavirus epidemic, but a new wave is expected in May.
This is reported on Thursday, April 30, by the Associated Press.
Lately provocateurs have already launched a local campaign in the business district of Hong Kong. More than a hundred people came up with anti-government slogans, despite the rules of social distance that prohibit the meeting of more than four people. The action was held in a large shopping center “Landmark Atrium”. The demonstrators held in their hands posters with the inscriptions “Independence of Hong Kong” and “Free Hong Kong – the revolution now”.
The police arrived at the venue half an hour after it began. Law enforcement officers warned the provocateurs that they violate quarantine rules and participate in an illegal assembly. Several protesters were detained, but were later released without arrest.
According to media reports, a whole series of shares has already been prepared for May, and a major march will take place on July 1. On this day, 23 years ago, Great Britain handed over Hong Kong to China.
Hong Kong Anti-Government Protests
In June 2019, mass rallies began in Hong Kong, accompanied by pogroms and clashes with the police. The official reason for the protests was the extradition bill. If adopted, Hong Kong would be able to detain and extradite persons wanted by Chinese security forces to Beijing.
The demonstrators were openly supported by Western countries, in particular the United States and Great Britain. The protests themselves continued even after the authorities refused to pass the law. The most absurd occasions were invented for the campaign.
For example, at the end of August last year, radicals smashed subway stations allegedly because of poor quality of service, and also demolished “smart” lampposts that collect information about road traffic and the level of air pollution. The fact is that the protesters discerned in them a system of total surveillance by the authorities.