Beijing: China on Monday backed Hong Kong's beleaguered pro-Beijing Chief Executive Carrie Lam, as well as the city's police and called on people in the financial hub to oppose and resist violence.

Hong Kong has been witnessing a violent mass outrage with thousands taking to the streets against the government's plan to allow extraditions to the Communist nation. Weighing its options including deployment of troops to deal with growing pro-democracy protests, a wary China also accused some Western politicians of stirring unrest in the financial hub in the hope of creating difficulties for the country's overall development.