Beijing believes that stopping violence is the most important thing for Hong Kong, following the crackdown on special zone police protests.

"Ending violence is the most important thing in Hong Kong today," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Canh Shuang said today at a regular news conference in Beijing.

Canh's statement was made when tensions yesterday escalated in Hong Kong. Police fired live bullets, injuring a protester while a man was burned by a gang of black thugs on gasoline, causing severe burns.

Chinese media today said the People's Liberation Army had been deployed to support special zone police in case of need, while praising the "restraint" of special zone police as violence escalated. ladder.

Speaking at a press conference yesterday afternoon, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam confirmed that the government was determined not to give in to protesters' claims and that the violence could not solve the problems facing Hong Kong.

Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people took to the streets in early June to protest against the extradition bill that allows criminals to be sent to jurisdictions where the Special Zone has not signed an extradition treaty, including mainland China. .

Although the special zone government announced its withdrawal, the protesters took to the streets in fear of Hong Kong's freedoms being interfered and demanding other claims. Preliminary figures released by the Hong Kong government show that the protests made the first special zone fall into a record recession since the 2008 global financial crisis.