State media insisted Tuesday that China would not give in to Hong - TopicsExpress



          

State media insisted Tuesday that China would not give in to Hong Kong protesters demands for full democracy and would wait for mass protests in the semi-autonomous city to fizzle out. Tens of thousands in the global financial hub have been vowing not to end their street blockades until Beijing authorities grant them fully democratic leadership elections. Chinas Communist Party leader Xi Jinping made no comment on the protests as he and other top party officials offered flower baskets in Tiananmen Square on the first Martyrs Day, a new holiday to celebrate Chinas national heroes. The commemoration came one day after Xi appreciated a music concert in Beijing Monday night, the partys official Peoples Daily newspaper reported. Xi was shown smiling and clapping flanked by current Premier Li Keqiang and former President Jiang Zemin, who rose to power following a violent crackdown on 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing. China has condemned the Hong Kong protests as illegal, but Hong Kongs leadership has denied speculation that Beijing would send in the army to quash dissent. The Peoples Daily said in a commentary on its website the protesters were an extreme minority who have destroyed the rule of law in the city. This breach of the peace and extreme behavior will ultimately lead to a breakdown in social order, it added. The state-run China Daily said that the protests were taking a toll on local harmony and stability. The Global Times said the ``tide will turn against the oppositionists if Beijing stands firm. The central government will not step back just because of the chaos created by the oppositionists, it said. Hong Kong people see it clearly that the central government (Beijing) will not change its mind, they will recognize the dramas staged by the oppositionists are just making things worse, the paper added. --AFP
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 07:25:25 +0000

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