- Xi Jinping is seen as unlikely to take up US president’s suggestion they meet to discuss ‘humane’ solution to protests
- Observers suggest Beijing believes Trump only raised protests in city as effort to gain more leverage over China in the trade talks
Pro-Hong Kong and pro-Beijing supporters clash at a Melbourne rally. Photo: Edouard Morton
Pro-Hong Kong group clashes with rival protesters in Melbourne as rallies take place across Australia
- Fights broke out in Melbourne, where a pro-Beijing demonstrator attacked an ABC reporter
- Confrontations between the groups also took place at rallies in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide
Topic | Hong Kong extradition law
Pro-Hong Kong and pro-Beijing supporters clash at a Melbourne rally. Photo: Edouard Morton
Many young Hongkongers have mixed feelings towards their mainland compatriots. Photo: Robert Ng
Hong Kong protests to Uygur camps: how Chinese students became a subject of scorn
- Campus confrontations have erupted from Canada to New Zealand as mainland Chinese students react, sometimes violently, to public scrutiny of Beijing’s policies
- Such conflict is likely to persist as Chinese diplomatic missions support robust rebuttals to those who disagree with China’s stance
Topic | Chinese overseas
Many young Hongkongers have mixed feelings towards their mainland compatriots. Photo: Robert Ng
