08-12-2019, 10:26 AM
** 12-Aug-2019 World View: Hong Kong protesters shut down the airport
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The Hong Kong protests have been going on for ten weeks, and have been
getting smaller and more violent.
A few weeks ago, there were as many as two million people in the Hong
Kong street protests, out of a Hong Kong population of about 7
million. However, the protests have been getting smaller, and only
thousands or tens of thousands of protesters participated over the
weekend.
The diminishing size of the protests has appaently motivated the
activists to encourage more violence. Over the weekend, demonstrators
put up barricades to block intersections and wore face masks for
protection from police tear gas. Protesters surrounded the police
station, and threw bricks at police.
On Monday, Hong Kong airport was forced to cancel all flights out of
the airport, as 5,000 anti-government protesters blocked the departure
area.
There have been reports that China's military (PLA) has been massing
troops on the mainland in Shenzhen just outside Hong Kong. Beijing
claims that just normal exercises.
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Forcing the airport to close is a very serious act on the part of
anti-government activists. It seems that as the size of the protests
has dwindled, the activists have been doing more and more to provoke a
military confrontation for their own self-interest.
It's now Tuesday morning in Hong Kong, and the number of protesters in
the airport has dwindled from thousands to hundreds. The airport is
trying to restore operations.
The Civil Human Rights Front, a group that has organized some of the
largest rallies, announced that it would hold another “mass march” on
Sunday, Aug. 18.
---- Sources:
-- Hong Kong airport cancels all flights for the remainder of the day
due to protests
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/12/hong-kon...tests.html
(CNBC, 12-Aug-2019)
-- Hong Kong / Airport Looks to Reopen Early Tuesday Morning: Hong
Kong Update
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ong-update
(Bloomberg, 12-Aug-2019)
-- Chinese armed police truck convoy rolls into city near Hong Kong
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/...-hong-kong
(South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 12-Aug-2019)
- Hong Kong airport on Monday
The Hong Kong protests have been going on for ten weeks, and have been
getting smaller and more violent.
A few weeks ago, there were as many as two million people in the Hong
Kong street protests, out of a Hong Kong population of about 7
million. However, the protests have been getting smaller, and only
thousands or tens of thousands of protesters participated over the
weekend.
The diminishing size of the protests has appaently motivated the
activists to encourage more violence. Over the weekend, demonstrators
put up barricades to block intersections and wore face masks for
protection from police tear gas. Protesters surrounded the police
station, and threw bricks at police.
On Monday, Hong Kong airport was forced to cancel all flights out of
the airport, as 5,000 anti-government protesters blocked the departure
area.
There have been reports that China's military (PLA) has been massing
troops on the mainland in Shenzhen just outside Hong Kong. Beijing
claims that just normal exercises.
- Dozens of army trucks line a street next to the entrance of
the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre in Shenzhen on Monday (SCMP)
Forcing the airport to close is a very serious act on the part of
anti-government activists. It seems that as the size of the protests
has dwindled, the activists have been doing more and more to provoke a
military confrontation for their own self-interest.
It's now Tuesday morning in Hong Kong, and the number of protesters in
the airport has dwindled from thousands to hundreds. The airport is
trying to restore operations.
The Civil Human Rights Front, a group that has organized some of the
largest rallies, announced that it would hold another “mass march” on
Sunday, Aug. 18.
---- Sources:
-- Hong Kong airport cancels all flights for the remainder of the day
due to protests
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/12/hong-kon...tests.html
(CNBC, 12-Aug-2019)
-- Hong Kong / Airport Looks to Reopen Early Tuesday Morning: Hong
Kong Update
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ong-update
(Bloomberg, 12-Aug-2019)
-- Chinese armed police truck convoy rolls into city near Hong Kong
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/...-hong-kong
(South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 12-Aug-2019)
