Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam. YouTube
Epoch Times: ‘Whoever Created This Mess Will Have to Fix It’: Xi Criticizes Hong Kong Government’s Handling of Protests
The ongoing Hong Kong protests have posed one of the largest political challenges for Beijing.
The Chinese Communist Party leadership is scrambling to resolve the crisis before Oct. 1, the Party’s 70th anniversary of its takeover of China, according to an insider source in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, citizens prepare more strikes, rallies, and demonstrations to pressure the Hong Kong government into withdrawing a proposed extradition bill they believe embodies Beijing’s ever-increasing encroachment on the city’s affairs.
The source, who is the son of a Party elder, attended an Aug. 19 meeting of Beijing’s representatives in Hong Kong, during which a message from Party leader Xi Jinping was conveyed: He is displeased with the way the Hong Kong government has handled protests, as it has intensified clashes and made protesters direct their anger toward the central government.
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WNU Editor: Epoch Times is not a "friend" of the Chinese Communist Party, and the one source that they are using is a "son of a Party Elder" who heard it in a message that was delivered from Beijing in a meeting. But it does make sense. President Xi has kept his distance from the crisis in Hong Kong, preferring to have it handled publicly by the Hong Kong government and lower Chinese officials. But I am willing to bet that privately, he is spending a lot of time focused on what needs to be done in Hong Kong to make these protests stop. He knows that this is a threat to his authority, and that it should be dealt with ASAP. And trying to blame others for "this mess" is not going to help him.
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