China has blamed Western powers for meddling in the Hong Kong protests — that perceived interference could lead to a 'hardening of positions,' according to a professor at Cornell University.
protests — that perceived interference could lead to a "hardening of positions," according to a professor at Cornell University.
"What is happening right now is that narrative is building up in China ... that the U.S. and other western powers are interfering in China's economic affairs and policies, and interfering in what China sees as its domestic political affairs, i.e. Hong Kong," said Eswar Prasad, a professor of trade policy at Cornell University in New York.
That could potentially "lead to a more precipitate action by the Chinese government to quell the continuing protests in Hong Kong," Prasad said, especially ahead of the country's 70th National Day on October 1. A temperate resolution to both issues, the trade tensions and the protests in Hong Kong, now looks less likely.Since early June, increasingly violent protests have gripped Hong Kong, a former British colony which returned to China rule in 1997. The rallies were initially spurred by opposition to a proposed bill that would allow people in Hong Kong to be extradited to mainland China, but it has since evolved into a broader movement calling for democracy.
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