China supports Hong Kong anti-mask law, warns protests evolving into 'colour revolution'

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Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam on Friday invoked colonial-era emergency powers for the first time in more than 50 years in a dramatic ...

"Freedoms are not without limits," said Lam, when asked whether this move would trigger more anger amongst a public already bristling at what many see as a steady erosion of individual liberties under Chinese rule.

A man wears a mask as he takes part in a flash mob rally in the Mongkok district in Hong Kong, Oct 5, 2019. The Hong Kong leader added that people should not see this as Hong Kong being in a state of emergency, but a means to end the violence, aid police enforcement and restore order. Hong Kong's mini-constitution, the Basic Law, grants the legislature the power to enact, amend or repeal laws.

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