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US President Donald Trump urges China to handle Hong Kong protests in "humane fashion" and says that US economic pressure on Beijing was responsible for preventing the authorities from carrying out a harsher crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong. SOUNDBITE
Hong Kong, Sep 5 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Franck Robichon) Hong Kong's Alliance in Support of Democratic Movements in China, the organization behind the annual June 4 vigils for the Tiananmen massacre, offered on Sunday a press conference in which it refused to provide data on its members and their sources of income to the Police of the Department of Homeland Security.FOOTAGE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ALLIANCE, CHOW HANG-TUNG.
US President Donald Trump calls arrested Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai a "brave man" and expresses his support. "I sent him best wishes," Trump tells reporters in the White House, calling Lai "certainly a brave man." SOUNDBITE
Pro-democratic lawmaker Gary Fan enters the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as a stalemate between police and some protesters holed up inside the campus continues. IMAGES
The European Union calls for "de-escalation and restraint" in Hong Kong after a police officer shot a demonstrator during a flare-up in the political protests roiling the territory. The violence in Hong Kong cast a shadow over celebrations in China marking 70 years of Communist Party rule, including a massive military parade in Beijing. SOUNDBITE