Chinese Premier says Beijing supports Hong Kong government to end violence and chaos

Record ID: 1430261

  • Title: Chinese Premier says Beijing supports Hong Kong government to end violence and chaos
  • Date: 6th September 2019
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 6, 2019) (AGENCY POOL) CHINESE PREMIER LI KEQIANG AND GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL WALKING ONTO THE STAGE FOR NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE PREMIER LI KEQIANG, SAYING: "The Chinese government unswervingly safeguards 'one country, two systems' and 'Hong Kong people govern Hong Kong people', and strongly supports it, and supports the SAR government to end the violence and chaos in accordance with the law, to return to order, which is to safeguard Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability, (the world) needs to believe that the Chinese people have the ability and wisdom to handle their own matters well." MERKEL AND LI LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 20th September 2019 07:36
  • Keywords: Li Keqiang Hong Kong China Protest Extradition Bill Chinese premier
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA001AVIPW07
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told a news conference with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday (September 6) that the Chinese government unswervingly safeguards 'one country, two systems' and 'Hong Kong people govern Hong Kong people'.
    Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel raised Hong Kong with Chinese premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Friday, saying a peaceful solution is needed.
    Li said Beijing supported the Hong Kong government "to end the violence and chaos in accordance with the law, to return to order, which is to safeguard Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability."
    The extradition bill, which would have allowed people in the former British colony to be sent to mainland China for trial in courts controlled by the Communist Party, triggered mass protests that have since widened into a backlash against the Hong Kong government and its political masters in Beijing.
    Hong Kong is bracing for more demonstrations this weekend, with protesters threatening to disrupt transport links to the airport, after embattled leader Carrie Lam's withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill failed to appease some activists.
    (Production: Thomas Suen)
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