Largest mass demonstration in Hong Kong for years
With a new extradition law, China is trying to exert more political influence on Hong Kong. The population of the autonomous region is alarmed and hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets against its own Peking loyal government.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched in Hong Kong on Sunday in a display of anger and fear over a government proposal to allow extraditions to mainland China.
Turnout at the demonstration in Hong Kong, a city of more than seven million, could exceed the half-million who attended an annual rally in 2014 not long before a pro-democracy sit-in that shut down major roadways for almost three months.
Organizers said they hoped such numbers would show the breadth of disagreement with the plan, which has stirred worries that people in Hong Kong, including foreign visitors, would be sent to face trial in Communist Party-controlled courts in mainland China.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/09/world/asia/hong-kong-extradition-protest.html
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With a new extradition law, China is trying to exert more political influence on Hong Kong. The population of the autonomous region is alarmed and hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets against its own Peking loyal government.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched in Hong Kong on Sunday in a display of anger and fear over a government proposal to allow extraditions to mainland China.
Turnout at the demonstration in Hong Kong, a city of more than seven million, could exceed the half-million who attended an annual rally in 2014 not long before a pro-democracy sit-in that shut down major roadways for almost three months.
Organizers said they hoped such numbers would show the breadth of disagreement with the plan, which has stirred worries that people in Hong Kong, including foreign visitors, would be sent to face trial in Communist Party-controlled courts in mainland China.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/09/world/asia/hong-kong-extradition-protest.html
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#china #honkong #demonstration #law #extradition #why