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Next, I thought it would be interesting to see how newspapers on the Mainland have described the protests in Hong Kong.
The People's Daily, from what I can see, literally doesn't describe them at all. As far as they're concerned, it isn't happening: people.com.cn
The People's Daily, from what I can see, literally doesn't describe them at all. As far as they're concerned, it isn't happening: people.com.cn
But they're all over the trade negotiations. "Regrettably, just after the meeting of the heads of state, Kudlow, the director of the US White House National Economic Council, Kudlow" delivered a regrettable "clown performance." world.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0702/c…
Here's their readout of the Trump-Xi meeting: world.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0701/c…
Oh, here's a hint for the reader that *something* is happening in Hong Kong. Buried at the end of this column: world.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0701/c… 
"recent social activities" seems to be the authorized phrase for "Hong Kong uprising."
This article about China's activities in Africa is fascinating: world.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0702/c…
So is this article about Putin's hope of normalizing relations with the US: world.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0702/c…
"Peskov disclosed on June 30 that Trump was not satisfied with the trade volume between the United States and Russia. On the spot, he instructed Finance Minister Steven Mnuchin to follow up with Russian trade officials to overcome the obstacles to US-Russian trade."
I wonder what the other Chinese papers have to say?
