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How is this being reported in mainland China?

If it starts to spark copycat riots there things could escalate.

This is how it's being reported if it's reported at all: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2019-06/10/content_37...

Weird question, maybe a coincidence, but does anyone know why most of the signs are blue? Is that significant at all?

During the 2014 Umbrella movement protests, blue came to represent supporters of the police and the government and yellow, the protestors.

Awesome, thanks for the context. That's really interesting.

If this first-hand account from a person on twitter[0] is to be believed, it isn't.

This is a reply to a thread of photos from a WSJ journo on the ground from a few hours ago. The photos are interesting in themselves.

0: https://twitter.com/mbspinks/status/1138728407464796160

i suspect its not being reported at all.

That's the beauty of state controlled media and the Great Firewall of China. It doesn't get reported much, and the parts that are is only the pro-Beijing opinion. To appear to provide an unbiased opinion, they will quote pro-Beijing Hong Kong news sources.

It is probably being suppressed from news and public discussion.

> How is this being reported in mainland China?

Nohow, at least in newspapers. Though, I see a lot of curious people checking out events on their phones. Most look at it with some bemusement.

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