PROTESTERS in Hong Kong have warned that China intends to infiltrate governments and "harvest" other countries around the world
  The chilling message was seen on the walls of a canteen at the city's Polytechnic University, where pro-democracy protesters have been holed up since the weekend
   The number of demonstrators diminished throughout Monday and Tuesday, with only a handful still holding out, and images of the aftermath of the sit-in have now emerged
  One showed graffiti daubed on a wall outside a canteen that read: "Dear World, CCP [the Chinese Communist Party] will infiltrate your government
  "Chinese enterprises enterprises interferes with your political stance.  "China will harvest your home like Xinjiang
  "BE AWARE or BE NEXT!"  Xinjiang is an autonomous region of northwestern China which is home to the bulk of the country's minority Uyghur population, up to one million of whom are currently being forcibly held in government re-education camps
  Hong Kong has been seized by a wave of anti-government protests since June of this year
  The protests began in opposition to a law that would have allowed extradition from Hong Kong to mainland China, but have now broadened into a call for greater political freedoms and guarantees of independence from Beijing
  The demonstrations have targeted airports, public transport, and retail districts, and have seen police deploy tear gas, water cannon, and live ammunition against protesters
  More than a thousand protesters began occupying Hong Kong's polytechnic university late last week, fortifying the campus to prevent police from entering
  Authorities responded by cordoning the campus off so as to starve out the protests and arresting anyone who tried to leave
 WHY ARE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG PROTESTING?Since Britain withdrew from the territory in 1997, Hong Kong has been a semi-autonomous region in China operating under the principle of 'One Country, Two Systems'
  Hong Kong is part of China, but its citizens enjoy more political freedoms than do those living in mainland China
  Under the agreement that saw Hong Kong handed back to China, Beijing agreed to guarantee Hong Kong's political and economic systems for 50 years after the transfer, but many within Hong Kong have already become concerned about the influence exerted by Beijing within the territory
  The current round of protests first erupted in June over a proposed law that would have allowed extradition from Hong Kong to mainland China
  Both the Hong Kong and Chinese governments argued the law was a necessary security measure, but opponents feared that China could use it to target its political opponents within Hong Kong
  The law was eventually scrapped at the start of September, but by then the protests had broadened into a call for greater democratic freedoms and guarantees against Chinese influence
  Authorities have met the demonstrations with violence, deploying tear gas, rubber bullets, and live ammunition on unarmed protesters
  More than 2,000 injuries and 3,000 arrests have been reported so far.   Footage showed protesters escaping the campus by lowering themselves from a bridge on ropes and being ferried away by motorcyclists waiting below
  Other pictures showed makeshift dormitories set up for protesters in a sports hall and mounds of furniture and office equipment piled to form barricades on walkways and entrances
  Responding to the unrest on Monday, Liu Xiaoming, China's ambassador to the UK, said: “If the violence continues the future of Hong Kong could be unimaginably dreadful
  “The Hong Kong government is trying very hard to put the situation under control
  “But if the situation becomes uncontrollable, the central government would certainly not sit on our hands and watch
  "We have enough resolution and power to end the unrest.”  He also hit out at the British government, saying: "We have made our position known to the British side when they have made irresponsible remarks on Hong Kong
   "I think when the British government criticise Hong Kong police, criticise the Hong Kong government in handling the situation, they are interfering into China’s internal affairs
"  In a statement, the foreign office said it was concerned by events, and called for “an end to the violence and the resumption of meaningful political dialogue"
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