China warns it could unilaterally impose emergency rule on Hong Kong

China on Tuesday refused to rule out military intervention in Hong Kong and said that it could unilaterally declare a state of emergency rule in its sternest warning since pro-democracy protests began thirteen weeks ago. The government’s top office overseeing Hong Kong threatened to apply national Chinese laws in the semi-autonomous territory and call on the military should the chaos that has seen millions take to the streets continue to escalate. The spokeswoman for the Hong Kong and Maca