Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Says Hong Kong’s Occupy Movement Is Illegal.
HONG KONG—Xi Jinping, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, has for the last six weeks been relatively quiet about the pro-democracy students and activists that have flooded streets in Hong Kong, calling for free and open elections.
He departed from that quiet on Wednesday, saying that the occupy movement in Hong Kong is an “illegal incident.”
“We resolutely support the government of the Special Administrative Region dealing with the matter according to law, protecting Hong Kong’s social stability, and safeguarding the safety of the Hong Kong people and their property,” he said in a joint press conference with President Barack Obama, held after the APEC meetings in Beijing on Nov. 12.
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