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The Hong Kong rally yesterday (1.7) gathered peacefully without clashes. Participants are stressing nonviolence by not letting China intervene, but armed police are still near Hong Kong. President Trump even mentioned Tiananmen and issued a warning about China's crackdown on armed forces.

I am Chung Dong-yeon, a reporter in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong citizens dressed in black march through the streets.

The typical demonstrators, helmets and masks I have seen so far are not visible.

An estimated 1.7 million people gathered, but peaceful demonstrations without tear gas and iron pipe continued until dawn.

The organizer organized a so-called water rally that would move the protesting crowds sequentially.

[Jung / Protester: Although there is a conflict between the police and the citizens, we still want a peaceful way.]

The organizers also called for restraint of violence and appealed not to give China a chance to engage in armed intervention.

Yesterday's peaceful demonstrations seem to have weakened the Chinese central government's justification for intervention.

However, there is no sign of change in the Chinese government's position that it is possible to deploy armed police at any time in Shenzhen, near Hong Kong.

So there are observations that the direction of the Hong Kong crisis will be decided within two weeks by the 31st, when the organizers predicted the next big protest.

Joshua Wong, the leader of the Ukrainian Revolution in 2014, called for a sincere conversation between the government and citizens through the SNS.

China's threat to armed intervention has weakened, but talks between the Hong Kong government and protesters are still cut off.

What wisdom will Hong Kong's government and citizens use to resolve the situation?

(Video coverage: Installment, Image editing: Jung Yonghwa)