Beijing Sends Warning Shot To Protestors

A top Chinese official in Hong Kong has raised the stakes in the debate over democracy in the Special Administrative Region (SAR). Peng Qinghua appealed for pro-democracy protests to remain peaceful and the central government warned that it could resort to sending troops to the SAR if demonstrations get out of hand. The remarks came after thousands of protestors clashed with police as they took to the streets on New Year's Day to call for universal suffrage and for the release of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The score of 85.0 in the social stability category of our short-term political

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