reflection of growing
Both the Chinese government and the protesters seemed to be losing patience after a week of street demonstrations.
"It's turning out to be a high-stakes poker game. The stakes are rising," said Willy Lam, a politics professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. "Something will have to give because the pressure keeps mounting on both sides to make a compromise."
In a reflection of growing concern in Beijing, the People's Daily, published by China's ruling Communist Party, warned in a commentary Thursday of "chaos" in Hong Kong, and expressed strong support for Leung in his face-off with the protesters, an amorphous movement led mostly by university students.
