Hong Kong govt claims extreme violence justifies mask ban...

Extreme violence justifies #HongKong mask ban https://t.co/YOMj4LYpK7 pic.twitter.com/TZ8I0dMaf5

— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) October 6, 2019

Wow.  I don't know for sure but I'm guessing by Hong Kong standards this is damn near unprecedented outside of war....meaning back to WWII.

I'm guessing but one thing is certain.  The Global Times is a propaganda arm of the Chinese govt.  They're getting their ducks in a row before they launch a crack down.  I'm surprised its taken this long but my assumption is that they're concerned about Western opinion...not public opinion but the opinion of corporations.