chinese spies: On Tuesday, protesters blocked passengers from boarding flights at the city's airport and later assaulted two men they accused of being Chinese spies, according to The Japan Times. The images damaged a campaign that until then had largely only targeted the police or government institutions, and prompted some soul-searching among protesters. Ten weeks of demonstrations have plunged the international finance hub into crisis and communist-ruled mainland China has taken an increasingly hard-line tone, including labelling the more violent protester actions terrorist-like. ; Clashes have broken out between police and hard-core protesters but the movement has won few concessions from Beijing or the city's unelected leadership. China's propaganda apparatus seized on the violence, with state media churning out a deluge of damning articles, pictures and videos. In the aftermath of Tuesday's airport chaos, some protester groups apologized and vowed to hold a huge rally on Sunday. State media also ran images of military personnel and armored personnel carriers across the border in Shenzhen, prompting the United States to warn Beijing against sending in troops, which analysts say would be a reputational and economic disaster for China.
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