Hong Kong on the Edge - CHINA

HONG KONG:

Police ramp up force, firing tear gas inside Kwai Fong MTR station, as city rocked by more anti-government protest violence.

Tear gas was used after multiple warnings and MTR announcements that the station was closed and trains would not be stopping at Kwai Fong, except for additional ones arranged to pick up people already inside.
A man in protest gear was seen lying on the platform, with blood running from his nose, while other protesters were helping him. Video footage also showed a stationary train at a platform with people still inside.
There was more trouble later at Tai Koo station, with riot police charging inside to grab protesters who had been moving from one station to another.

Michael Yon reports:

Total panic mode. China wants to invade Hong Kong so badly. They make that clear. They already have troops stationed here. Just down the road.
They also know that the world reaction can be severe and the economic and political fallout can end the CCP just as similar reactions ended the USSR.

Yon is updating his Facebook fan page almost constantly.

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CHINA:
Debts coming due.

…major protests began in 2014 when China imposed restrictions on who could get elected to the Hong Kong government. China was seen as trying to ensure than only pro-China people were running Hong Kong and that was not popular with the locals.

The government is currently waiting out the protestors and refusing to meet any of their demands. Even the extradition law is still waiting to be revived, rather than completely withdrawn as protestors demanded. The current cycle of protests began on June 4th when Hong Kong was the only place in China were large groups could gather to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Hong Kong is the only place in China where you can do a lot of things.

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Posted at 8:49 am by Austin Bay