White House Eyeing Chinese Forces Gathered on Hong Kong Border
- Chinese government calls protests ‘creation of the U.S.’
- Pompeo urged China to ‘do the right thing’ in handling unrest
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The White House is monitoring what a senior administration official called a congregation of Chinese forces on Hong Kong’s border.
Weeks of unrest in the Chinese territory have begun to overwhelm Hong Kong’s police, who have found themselves in violent clashes with protesters. China warned Monday that the civil disorder had gone “far beyond” peaceful protest after police deployed tear gas over the weekend.