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China has condemned violent demonstrations in Hong Kong as an “undisguised challenge” to the ‘one country, two systems’ formula under which the city is ruled which allows freedoms not enjoyed in mainland China, including freedom to protest.

“The UK signed an internationally binding legal agreement in 1984 that enshrines the ‘one country, two systems rule’, enshrines the basic freedoms of the people of Hong Kong and we stand four square behind that agreement, four square behind the people of Hong Kong,” British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said.

“There will be serious consequences if that internationally binding legal agreement were not to be honored,” he told BBC TV.

Protesters, angry about proposed legislation allowing extraditions to mainland China, smashed their way into Hong Kong’s legislature on Monday, with police using tear gas to disperse them.

Hunt urged the Hong Kong authorities that any repression would exacerbate people’s concerns.

“But, we urge the authorities not to use what happened as a pretext for repression, but rather to understand the root causes of what happened which is a deep-seated concern by people in Hong Kong that their basic freedoms are under attack.”