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Pro-government Protesters Denounce Hong Kong 'Rioters'

Associated Press

   HONG KONG - Only after finding safety in numbers, joining hundreds of
   other pro-government protesters in Hong Kong on Saturday, did Reddy Lin
   drum up the courage to slip into her red T-shirt marked, "China, I love
   you" and glue a heart-shaped Chinese-flag sticker on her face.

   But for the train ride home, the teacher said she'd be taking all her
   pro-China garb off again. The risk of running into supporters from the
   rival camp, those who oppose China's communist rulers, was simply too
   great, she said.

   "It's very dangerous. They'll beat you," she said. "They're brutes."

   Lin and hundreds of other protesters waving red Chinese flags packed a
   Hong Kong park to vociferously denounce what they say is a reign of
   terror being imposed on the city by months of anti-government
   demonstrations. The protest highlighted the widening gulf between the
   pro- and anti-government camps in Hong Kong, with divisions that appear
   irreconcilable.
   

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