Chinese president Xi Jinping expressed a strong threat against dissenting Hong Kong protestors, at a press conference in Nepal on Sunday.
This comes after violence has continued to escalate in Hong Kong, with a police officer taken to hospital after his neck was slashed and other authorities struggling to restore order on Sunday night.
The Chinese president has claimed that independence advocates would be 'crushed', stating that any external forces backing attempts to divide China would be merely supporting a 'pipe dream'.