Protests in Hong Kong have intensified as protestors are now demanding for democratic reforms and also seeking independent inquiries into police use of force and the resignation of Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam. They began in March initially, seeking to change an extradition bill. China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office is set to hold an official press conference on July 29.
Citizens of the former British colony are no longer strangers to tear gas or rubber bullets. Nor have they forgotten the suppression and treatment of pro-democratic students and activists in 1989 in Beijing. On July 25, even as more protests were being held, China threatened it might end up deploying PLA or People's liberation army to control the situation in the city.
Carrie Lam, the city's chief executive has maintained a stoic silence. She has not been seen in public for a week. The police on Saturday, had refused to allow protest , but people have been coming up with ways to work around it and pretended they were not going to a political rally. On Sunday, th police were back on the streets, trying to disperse the crowds. On Monday it was declared that Hong Kong and Chinese flags above government offices will fly at half mask in mourning for Li Peng, a former Chinese prime minister, who died on July 22.
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