BEIJING: Chinese state media deleted a tweet Thursday claiming Hong’s Kong government was to announce a weekend curfew, after some of the worst violence in months of pro-democracy unrest.
The tweet from the fiercely nationalistic Global Times was live for a little over half an hour before it vanished.
“#HKSAR government is expected to announce curfew for weekend,” the paper said in a post in English on its verified Twitter account.
The tabloid had cited unnamed sources in the tweet, which was later deleted.
There was no immediate comment from Hong Kong’s government.