This archive report was first published on 24 July 2019.
Published on July 24, 2019, China's Ministry of National Defense warned that it would not tolerate protesters' efforts to threaten the central government's authority in Hong Kong.
The warning came as the government released a new defense strategy that accused the United States of undermining global stability and identified separatism as China's most immediate security threat.
Senior Col. Wu Qian, the chief spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, cited the protests outside the central government's liaison office in Hong Kong, which protesters painted with graffiti, as an example of the kind of violence that was straining Beijing's patience.
