How is the Jewish community dealing with the crisis?
Hundreds of thousands of protesters defied police and the Chinese government in Hong Kong on Sunday, as a protest movement demanding greater freedom gains momentum.
Protest organizers estimated that 1.7 million turned out for the demonstration, nearly one-quarter of the total population of the former independent colony that is now a “special administrative region” of China.
The city rose in rebellion in June in protest of legislation that would have allowed the Chinese government to extradite suspected criminals to the mainland. In response to the protests, the local government withdrew the legislation but the riots have not died down — far from it.
Last week, the tensions reached new heights with the closure of the local airport by rioters, while China mobilized forces in the area in what looked like a clear threat to stamp out the demonstrations with force.
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