Police ondeclined to comment on whether they would also issue a notice of objection to a rally planned for August 31. The overwhelming turnout brought traffic in the dense city center to a standstill.
He said Hong Kong's 7.5 million people and the Chinese population as a whole rejected the actions of a "very small group of violent protesters" as well as "any interference of foreign forces".
While police granted approval for the rally, they didn't approve an accompanying march.
Police said on Monday that while Sunday's demonstration was mostly peaceful, there were breaches of the peace in the evening when some protesters defaced public buildings and aimed laser beams at officers. Police presence was minimal throughout Sunday's event. "And now some of the real leaders have been arrested by the police". "But we have tried many times with peaceful approaches".
On Tuesday, violent clashes erupted between protesters and paramilitary police at the airport. The UN Human Rights High Commissioner and Amnesty International have both denounced the tactics Hong Kong police used while dispersing protesters, including firing tear gas inside an enclosed subway station and shooting crowd control equipment at close range. As the march was not authorized by police and had no designated route, people began marching in different directions.
Published on Sunday, the timing of the policy document coincided with the eleventh week of demonstrations in Hong Kong - the biggest challenge to China's rule of the semi-autonomous city since its 1997 handover from Britain.
The unprecedented political crisis was sparked by widespread opposition to a plan for allowing extraditions to the Chinese mainland.
Trump stopped short of endorsing the protesters, saying, "I'd love to see it worked out in a humane fashion", and calling on Xi to negotiate with the dissidents.
In Beijing, You Wenze, a spokesman for China's ceremonial legislature, condemned statements from U.S. lawmakers supportive of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement. Trump said on Twitter.
"We have noted this".
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The promoted tweets from Xinhua claim the protests are becoming increasingly violent and there is widespread support for "order to be restored", among other claims, as highlighted by an account on Twitter called Pinboard.
Many medical professionals also attended. "We welcome them", says Taiwan's interior minister Hsu Kuo-yung, adding that applications from Hong Kong have risen at least 30% in recent weeks.
China wants to build Shenzhen into a city with world-class economic competitiveness and innovation to support its creation of the Greater Bay Area, a mega city-cluster in southern China that includes Hong Kong and Macau.
"Previous administrations of one party and another made the choice in the hope that freedom in China would expand in all of its forms", Pence said.
The turmoil has left the Beijing and Hong Kong governments "more determined than ever" to make changes, particularly regarding the lack of opportunity for young people, he said.
Beijing has also condemned statements from US lawmakers supporting the pro-democracy aims of the protesters.
Kwok is from Hong Kong and still has family living there.
Over the weekend, solidarity rallies were also held in cities around the world, including Vancouver, Toronto, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Melbourne, Sydney, and Cologne.
Chen has called repeatedly for a dialogue between Lam and protesters to try to reach a resolution. It's basic human rights. Lau Siu-Kai of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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