The Chinese embassy in Singapore has voiced out on the political crisis in Hong Kong.

Likening the ongoing protests against the Hong Kong government and police to "violence and lawlessness", it condemned such actions.

Radical protesters becoming more radical

In a Facebook post published on Tuesday, Aug. 6, the embassy expressed shock that the radical protesters are becoming "more and more radical".

Saying that violence "can never be justified" and is not "a beautiful sight as some western politicians called", the embassy said such actions, which seriously harm the safety of the public and the police, are "totally intolerable by any civilised society".

Back in early June, United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had called the protests "a beautiful sight to behold".

That was before the protests escalated into widespread and sustained clashes with the riot police.

Violence goes against the rule of law

The embassy also repeated Beijing's oft-stated stance, which is that violent protests go against the rule of law, offend the dignity of the country, and challenged the bottom line of the 'one country, two systems' principle.

It called out the following actions as having "gone far beyond the definition of legal and peaceful demonstrations and freedom of speech":

• Storming of the Legislative Council Complex and the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government (Beijing's representative office in Hong Kong)
• Surrounding the police headquarters
• Obstructing public traffic
• Insulting the national flag and emblem

These actions have gone "far beyond the definition of legal and peaceful demonstrations and freedom of speech", it added.

Statement echoes earlier media reports

While protesters have vandalised the central government's liaison office by pelting eggs and spray-painting graffiti on the property on July 21, they have not stormed the building.

A protester told Reuters that they had stopped short of storming the liaison office itself, as that would be the “death of Hong Kong”.

The claim that protesters had stormed the liaison office most likely stemmed from earlier Chinese media reports covering the July 21 protests.

The actual statement released by Beijing in response to the July 21 protests had said protesters had surrounded the liaison office, vandalised the property, and insulted the national emblem.

But it did not claim that they had stormed the liaison office.

Hong Kong belongs to China

The embassy also reasserted that "Hong Kong belongs to China", and reiterated what Beijing said multiple times before, that China "will never allow any foreign force to interfere in Hong Kong's affairs".

"Any attempt to disrupt Hong Kong and even China will doom to be in vain," it said.

In addition, it expressed its support for the Hong Kong government and police, as well as Chief Executive Carrie Lam, which is something Beijing has said twice before in two separate press conferences within two weeks.

Protests going on for more than two months

The city-wide protests in Hong Kong have crossed the ninth consecutive weekend.

Hongkongers from a diverse cross-section of society, including bankers, lawyers, and civil servants, have joined the marches — a frequent affair now in the Special Administrative Region (SAR).

Some have even gone on strikes, bringing the city to a gridlock.

However, thousands have also rallied to show their support for the Hong Kong government and police.

Top image adapted via Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Singapore & wang/Google