Attack on Chinse news agency in Hong Kong; 200 detained

In Hong Kong, over 200
demonstrators were detained in connection with an attack on China’s state-owned
Xinhua News Agency office by pro-democracy protesters yesterday.

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It was the first strike against
the official Chinese news agency in a show of anger against Beijing. It
happened a day after the ruling Communist Party vowed to tighten the grip on
the violence in the city.

In a brief statement, Xinhua
strongly condemned what it called the barbaric acts of mobs that vandalized and
set fire to the lobby of its Asia-Pacific office building in the city. Hong
Kong Journalists’ Association has called for an end to violence against the
media.