Hong Kong protesters rebuild 'Lennon Walls' ahead of fresh rallies
Hong Kong protesters have started the reconstruction of anti-government graffiti known as "Lennon Walls" across the Chinese territory as they planned fresh rallies against Beijing ahead of the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Anti-government protesters return to the streets on Saturday to rebuild the protest symbols that were removed by local residents from bus stops, shopping centers, under footbridges and along pedestrian walkways.
Protesters also planned to hold a series of anti-Beijing protests across the city as China prepares to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the PRC on Tuesday.
Since June, Hong Kong has been beset by unrest over an extradition bill that would have allowed the extradition of suspects to mainland China for trial by Chinese courts.
Although the government fully withdrew that bill on September 4, protests persisted with individuals resorting to public acts of violence, vandalizing government buildings and attacking police with bricks and Molotov cocktails.
Rioters, many of them masked and wearing black, were also recently seen throwing petrol bombs at police officers, who responded with tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets.
Hong Kong has been governed under a “one-country, two-system” model since the city — a former British colony — was returned to China in 1997.
The Chinese government says foreign countries, mainly the United States and Britain, have been provoking the protesters by issuing statements of support. Beijing has asked the two countries to stop meddling in Hong Kong’s affairs.
In a white paper released by China’s cabinet news office on Friday, Beijing said it will never “trade away” its core interests and not allow its security and sovereignty to be compromised.
The paper also noted that China needs the strong, unified leadership of the Communist Party or the country will “crumble.”
This came after US President, Donald Trump, urged China during his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to “honor its binding treaty made with the British and registered with the United Nations in which China commits to protect Hong Kong’s freedom, legal system and democratic ways of life.”
Trump said that his administration was “carefully monitoring” the situation in the former British colony.
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