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Protesters in Hong Kong have called for support from the G20 leaders in their dispute with China over a laws on extradition. More than a thousand people approached consulates in Japan, including the US and the United Kingdom, two days before the start of the summit meeting of the 20 leading industrial and emerging economies in Japan.
In chants, they asked for "Help Hong Kong" and held placards saying, "Please release Hong Kong." The demonstrators want the conflict to be discussed at the G20 meeting.
"President Trump, please liberate Hong Kong!" Is written on signs holding up demonstrators
"We want to make some noise during the G20 meeting so that other countries can discuss the problems in Hong Kong," one student said.
The international community has a right to talk about the future of the Chinese Special Administrative Region because of Hong Kong's role as a major global trade center, said another demonstrator. "We must preserve our uniqueness in order to serve the international economy."
Preparations for the summit in Osaka
At the US Consulate, the demonstrators presented a petition to US President Donald Trump to support Hong Kong at the G20 summit and launch a police violence investigation into the demonstrators.
China has already put a stop to talks over the protests in Hong Kong during the G20 summit starting on Friday. China will "not allow" this issue at the summit, the State Department said in Beijing earlier this week. It is a "purely domestic matter of China". However, US President Trump has announced that he will address the mass protests at a meeting with China's head of state Xi Jinping.
US President Donald Trump with China's head of state Xi Jinping in 2017
Since its transfer to China in 1997, the population of the former British Crown Colony of Hong Kong has enjoyed freedoms such as those of opinions that are otherwise taboo in the People's Republic.
In recent weeks, millions of Hong Kong went on the streets – probably not only because of the extradition law
Over the past three weeks, millions of people in Hong Kong have protested against a bill to allow foreigners to visit China. There were violent clashes between protesters and police.
In the protest movement, observers now see the expression of a general grudge against the Hong Kong government and Beijing.
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