VOA’s Mandarin Service contributed to this reportChina voiced “strong dissatisfaction” Tuesday with a joint statement by G-7 leaders calling for Hong Kong’s autonomy in line with Britain’s handover of control of the territory to Beijing in 1984.The leaders of the industrialized nations at their just completed summit called for calm in the wake of 12 weeks of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, but Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang accused them of “meddling” and “harboring evil intentions.”At a news briefing in Beijing, Geng said, “We express our strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to the statement made by the leaders of the G-7 Summit on Hong Kong affairs.”He added, “We have repeatedly stressed that Hong Kong’s affairs are purely China’s internal affairs and that no foreign government, organization or individual has the right to intervene.”Policemen clash with demonstrators on a street during a protest in Hong Kong, Aug. 25, 2019.Protesters have plans to continue the demonstrations, which represent the biggest threat to peace in the Asian finance center since Britain handed over control of Hong Kong to China in 1997. The protesters say they are demonstrating against what they see as an erosion of rights.Police arrested more than 80 people during protests Saturday and Sunday that included clashes with officers.The police blamed protesters for “escalating and illegal violent acts,” while a group of pro-democracy lawmakers said it was police actions that were “totally unnecessary.”Lawmaker Andrew Wan said police had provoked protesters to occupy a road already blocked by officers, and that government and police actions during the weeks of protests have caused a “hatred among the people.””I think the ultimate responsibility should be on the police side. That is what I observed,” Wan said at a Monday news conference.The vast majority of the thousands of protesters marched peacefully Sunday, but police at times fired bursts of tear gas at wildcat demonstrators who broke away from the largest groups. Officers also used water cannons for the first time in responding to protesters.Some of the protesters threw bricks at police, attacked them with sticks and rods and sprayed detergent on streets to make it slippery for police. 
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