Global Times - 07.08.2019

By Chen Qingqing, Yang

Sheng in Hong Kong and

Wang Wenwen in Beijing

As tensions simmer in Hong

Kong, many residents said they

were expecting life to return to

normal and hoped the govern-

ment and the police, who are

under extreme pressure, can

fulfill their duty to bring violent

criminals to justice.

Those most affected are

the Hong Kong people them-

selves and the rioters are los-

ing ground as their violent

approaches are opposed by an

increasing number of people

who love the city and the coun-

try, observers said.

On Tuesday morning, a

group of patriotic Hong Kong

residents went to the Five Flag

Poles at the Tsim Sha Tsui Star

Ferry Pier and launched the

Safeguard National Flag cam-

paign.

The move came after violent

opposition protesters removed

the flag and threw it in Victo-

ria Harbour Monday night, the

second such act in two days.

A spokesperson for Harbour

City, a major shopping mall

that failed to effectively protect

the flag, told the Global Times

Tuesday that it will increase se-

curity to protect the flag.

Raymond Lam,

one of the Hong

Kong residents who

initiated the cam-

paign, said that it

was not enough to

By Li Qiaoyi, Wang Yi

and Zhang Hongpei

Following US President Donald

Trump’s series actions which

are leading to global trade and

financial chaos, the US Trea-

sury moved to name China

a “currency manipulator” on

Monday, which was denounced

by China’s central bank and

Chinese economists as ground-

less and self-destructing.

The unwarranted accusa-

tion, made after the yuan weak-

ened against the greenback,

sets the stage for the US to

brandish its tariffs weapon, an-

alysts said. They believe China

would stay unaffected by US ac-

tions that would obstruct bilat-

eral trade talks, and push ahead

with financial opening.

Both the onshore and off-

shore yuan breached the 7

mark against the

US dollar for the

first time in more

than a decade on

Monday.

The yuan’s

Second

chancest

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a say

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‘Currency

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