Protests in Hong Kong are getting worse by the day with police bringing out water canons, arresting protesters and putting up warning flags. Executive Leader Carrie Lam, however, shows no sign of budging on any of the protester's demand. She says she has met with a group of people including few of whom have taken part in political protests.
The semi-autonomous Chinese city has seen more than two months of pro-democracy protests that have often ended in tear-gas-filled clashes with police.
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Carrie Lam disputed criticism that her government is ignoring the protesters. She said, "it is not a question of not responding. It is a question of not accepting those demands." Lam also dismissed talks of her resignation and said that she intended "to hold the fort and do her utmost to restore law and order in Hong Kong." The Beijing-backed leader also made it clear that they wanted to “put an end to the chaotic situation in Hong Kong."
At the G7 summit at France however, world leaders are backing Hong Kong's autonomy.
"The G7 reaffirms the existence and the importance of the 1984 Sino-British agreement on Hong Kong and calls for avoiding violence," according to a joint statement issued in French at the end of a G7 summit in Biarritz. British PM Boris Johnson said that he along with leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and France are deeply concerned about the situation in Hong Kong.
