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		</div><p>US President Donald Trump has claimed he is the reason China has not taken steps to crush pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.</p>
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<p>He said he asked his “friend” Chinese President Xi Jinping not to send in the military.</p>
<p>Speaking on <i>Fox &; Friends</i> in a telephone interview on Friday, Mr Trump said he told Mr Xi that efforts to quash the protests would complicate negotiations for a US-China trade deal.</p>
<blockquote><p>We have to stand with Hong Kong, but I’m also standing with President X</p></blockquote>
<p>hina has warned it will retaliate against the US if Mr Trump signs a Bill supporting the Hong Kong protests.</p>
<p>Mr Trump did not say whether he would veto the Bill, but added: “We have to stand with Hong Kong, but I’m also standing with President Xi.”</p>
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<p>He also said that if it had not been for him, “thousands of people would have been killed in Hong Kong right now and you wouldn’t have any riots”.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, a Hong Kong court has suspended its decision to dismiss a government ban on wearing face masks at protests, allowing police to enforce the decree for another week around keenly contested local elections.</p>
<p>The court had ruled on Monday that the ban, imposed in October under rarely used emergency powers to prevent anti-government protesters from hiding their identity, infringed on fundamental rights more than was reasonably necessary.</p>
<p>The government had appealed for a freeze on the ruling while it appeals to higher courts.</p>
<p>The High Court agreed on Friday to grant a one-week suspension in view of the “highly exceptional circumstances that Hong Kong is currently facing”, local broadcaster RTHK reported.</p>
<figure id="attachment_144751" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-144751" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-144751" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/9C975979-DBE5-47CC-9D48-42A012483223.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-144751" class="wp-caption-text">Litter left by anti-government protesters remains in the campus of the Polytechnic University in Hong Kong</figcaption></figure>
<p>Many Hong Kong protesters have defied the ban, and during lunchtime rallies on Friday some chanted: “We have the right to wear masks.”</p>
<p>The city’s new police commissioner, Tang Ping-keung, told reporters officers would be out in force at polling stations on Sunday to respond to any outbreak of violence “without hesitation”.</p>
<p>Meanwhile six masked protesters surrendered before dawn on Friday at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which was taken over by demonstrators last week.</p>
<p>The group emerged from a campus entrance and held hands as they walked towards a checkpoint. Five wore the black clothing favoured by the protest movement.</p>
<p>Most of the protesters who took over the campus have now left, but an unknown number have remained inside.</p>
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<p>Tang Chun-Keung, head of the Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools, said some of those who remain in the campus are minors who, he said, are “emotionally unstable”.</p>
<p>Police have said those under 18 can leave, although they may face charges later, and pledged impartial treatment for all adults facing arrest.</p>
<p>Protesters involved in the months-long action across Hong Kong are demanding fully democratic elections and an investigation into alleged police brutality in suppressing the demonstrations.</p>
<p>City leaders have said they want to go ahead with the vote due on Sunday, which is being seen as a bellwether of public support for the protests, but warned violence could make it impossible to hold a fair and safe election.</p>
<p>Asked if the police presence would make voters feel uncomfortable, police chief Mr Tang insisted it will make citizens “feel safe to go out and vote”.</p>
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