Documents Show China Weighed Military Action in Hong Kong in 2014
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Documents show China weighed military action in Hong Kong in 2014
Documents seen by Kyodo News have revealed that high-ranking Chinese military officials in November 2014 considered military intervention to suppress a pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, raising questions about Beijing's commitment to the former British colony's semi-autonomy years before China introduced a sweeping national security law.
(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Seong-mi = During the 2014 pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, the "Umbrella Revolution," Chinese military officers [conducted] military intervention to suppress protests...
Classified documents have revealed that the Chinese Communist Party military was considering military intervention in the 2014 Hong Kong Umbrella Movement. A Guangzhou military region official stated that they would "act immediately if ordered to."
A batch of classified documents from the Chinese military, disclosed by Japan's Kyodo News on September 30, revealed that during the 2014 Hong Kong Umbrella Movement, Wei Liang, then political commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region, ordered preparations for military intervention, stating that once orders were received, action would be taken immediately to suppress the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong.
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