Bank of China Has a Message for Hong Kong: ‘Stop the Violence, Contain Chaos’
- Chinese bank urges Hong Kong residents to back chief executive
- Other Chinese organizations also placed similar ads on Friday
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“Stop the violence, contain chaos, restore order.” The terse message in a full-page advertisement from Bank of China Ltd.’s units in Hong Kong greeted local residents on Friday while the city braced for another weekend of unrest.
Printed in the pro-Beijing Wen Wei Po newspaper, the ad with the state-backed lender’s red logo at the bottom also urged readers to “support Hong Kong’s chief executive” and “support the police force.”