Any Attempt to Divide China Will End in ‘Shattered Bones’ - Xi Warns

By Staff, Agencies

Chinese President Xi Jinping has issued a blunt and unambiguous warning to any foreign actors trying to tear Hong Kong from Beijing, stating that such plots would not end well for the perpetrators.

"Any attempt to split China in any part of the country will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones," he told Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in a meeting on Sunday, China's state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Xi added that the Chinese people would consider any outside effort to divide their country as “pipe-dreaming.”

The remarks are likely directed at Washington and several of its European allies, who have been accused by Beijing of encouraging and even supporting protests that erupted in Hong Kong in March.

At the time, the demonstrations were mostly peaceful and aimed at stopping a proposed extradition agreement with mainland China.

The movement turned violent in recent weeks, with mask-clad rioters destroying public infrastructure and hurling petrol bombs at police.