China has condemned the ransacking of Hong Kong's legislature. The country's central government said it backed the city authorities to investigate the "criminal responsibility of violent offenders".<br />''<br />''<br />'' The city has been seeing weeks of massive demonstrations over a bill that would allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland. Yesterday, on the 22nd anniversary of the city's handover to China, groups of mostly young, hardline protesters, broke into the legislative council where they hung Hong Kong's colonial-era flag and left anti-Beijing graffiti.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, China's cabinet, called the actions illegal. It said the act trample on the rule of law in Hong Kong, undermine Hong Kong's social order and harm the fundamental interests of Hong Kong. The statement added that Beijing strongly supports Hong Kong's government and the police. </span>