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Re:Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters by zeristor on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @11:39AM (#20165754)
Since this has been declared a riot, and that a riot is punishable with up to 10 years in prison, and the legislation their protesting about is about extraditing people with more than a seven year sentence...

It’s coming to the point where they’ve got nothing to lose.

Re:Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters by zeristor on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @11:41AM (#20165780)
How is this being reported in mainland China?

If it starts to spark copycat riots there things could escalate.

Re:Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters by larrysalibra on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @12:24PM (#20166322)
This is how it's being reported if it's reported at all: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2019-06/10/content_37...
Re:Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters by codezero on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @12:54PM (#20166692)
Weird question, maybe a coincidence, but does anyone know why most of the signs are blue? Is that significant at all?
Re:Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters by larrysalibra on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @01:11PM (#20166889)
During the 2014 Umbrella movement protests, blue came to represent supporters of the police and the government and yellow, the protestors.
Re:Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters by codezero on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @02:01PM (#20167457)
Awesome, thanks for the context. That's really interesting.
Re:Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters by mzs on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @11:49AM (#20165898)
If this first-hand account from a person on twitter[0] is to be believed, it isn't.

This is a reply to a thread of photos from a WSJ journo on the ground from a few hours ago. The photos are interesting in themselves.

0: https://twitter.com/mbspinks/status/1138728407464796160

Re:Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters by anewguy9000 on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @11:48AM (#20165885)
i suspect its not being reported at all.
Re:Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters by fma on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @12:22PM (#20166306)
That's the beauty of state controlled media and the Great Firewall of China. It doesn't get reported much, and the parts that are is only the pro-Beijing opinion. To appear to provide an unbiased opinion, they will quote pro-Beijing Hong Kong news sources.
Re:Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters by kevin_b_er on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @01:18PM (#20166991)
It is probably being suppressed from news and public discussion.
Re:Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters by baybal2 on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @11:52AM (#20165933)
> How is this being reported in mainland China?

Nohow, at least in newspapers. Though, I see a lot of curious people checking out events on their phones. Most look at it with some bemusement.