Protesters crowded into one of the world's busiest airports to greet visitors to Hong Kong with anti-government chants in effort to raise awareness of their pro-democracy movement.
Protesters crowded into one of the world's busiest airports, greeting international visitors to Hong Kong with anti-government chants Friday in an effort to raise awareness of their pro-democracy movement.
Andy Ho, one of the protest's organizers, said its main goal"is to let more people around the world know what is actually happening in Hong Kong in recent months."About two hours after the event started, protesters had filled up arrival hall A in Terminal 1 and were spreading out to arrival hall B. After nearly two months of large-scale protests on streets and around government buildings, clashes with police and other parties have become increasingly violent.
Li was a hard-liner who announced martial law during the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, which ended in bloodshed. Satirical posters called Saturday's planned march a"memorial gathering" and dubbed Li"Hong Kong's father of democracy." Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the move is"an attempt to incite external forces to intervene in Hong Kong affairs."
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