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China accuses US officials of stirring up violence
Thugs in white shirts armed with metal rods and wooden poles attack commuters at a subway station in New Territory in Hong Kong on Sunday July 21

CHINA’S Foreign Ministry blamed the latest series of violent protests in Hong Kong on US officials yesterday.

The often bloody protests have escalated across Hong Kong over the past week against a Bill, already pronounced “dead” by city leader Carrie Lam, that would allow citizens to be extradited to stand trial in courts on the Chinese mainland.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said: “We can see that US officials are even behind such incidents.

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