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Hong Kong riot: Beijing blames 'radical separatists'
Published Sun, Feb 14, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Hong Kong
A SENIOR Beijing official on Sunday blamed "radical separatists" for a riot that erupted in Hong Kong last week, the worst clashes the city has seen since mass pro-democracy protests.
In unusually blunt remarks on a local Hong Kong matter, Zhang Xiaoming, Beijing's top representative in the semi-autonomous city, told reporters the violence that left dozens of police officers hurt also showed elements of "terror".
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