{"id":42768,"date":"2014-10-09T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=42768 "},"modified":"2014-10-09T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T16:05:00","slug":"42768-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=42768","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Cancels Talks With Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From left, Hong Kong Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Raymond Tam Chi-yuen, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam and Constitutional Affairs Undersecretary Lau Kong-wah hold a news conference in Hong Kong, Oct. 9, 2014.<\/div>
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong authorities have canceled talks with pro-democracy protesters occupying parts of the city after they vowed to step up civil disobedience.<\/div>
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The protest leader said increased pressure was needed ahead of the talks to ensure progress toward direct elections, and urged supporters to continue occupying public spaces<\/div>
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Alex Chow of the Hong Kong Federation of Students on Thursday blamed the government for the stall in negotiations, saying the students had not done anything to provoke the action.<\/div>
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Chow ridiculed the government’s decision to cancel the talks.<\/div>
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“Hong Kong is an international metropolitan city. This move by the government – this response by the government, is absolutely an international laughing stock,” he said.<\/div>
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Late Thursday, Hong Kong Chief Secretary Carrie Lam had canceled the widely anticipated talks with pro-democracy protest leaders.<\/div>
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Lam said the government does not want to be linked with possibly illegal actions, which is how China has described the protests.<\/div>
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“We cannot accept the fact that someone will link the talks with possible continued illegal Occupy (Central) actions,” Lam said.<\/div>
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In an evening press conference, Hong Kong’s second-in-charge said the protesters were not acting in good faith by threatening to expand a two-week demonstration occupying central parts of the city.<\/div>
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Earlier Thursday, a group of student leaders said they would not disperse the sit-ins that have paralyzed parts of the city for nearly two weeks.<\/div>
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The leaders from Occupy Central, the Federation of Students, and Scholarism also threatened to occupy more areas and hold additional school boycotts if their demands are not met.<\/div>
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