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US, China air differences over Hong Kong protests

By Matthew Pennington
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US, China air differences over Hong Kong protests

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top U.S. and Chinese officials publicly aired differences Wednesday over the protests in Hong Kong, where students want democratic changes to the electoral system.

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi was visiting Washington as the standoff between students and authorities intensified in the Chinese territory — the stiffest challenge yet to Beijing’s authority since China took control of the former British colony in 1997, allowing it to retain more freedoms than mainland China.

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