a journalist that her favorite politician was Chinese leader Xi Jinping — insists the bill will go ahead, despite a mass protest Sunday that organizers said drew more than a million people. Authorities estimated the number to be a quarter of that.
The bill is likely to be finalized within weeks. Businesses across the city are planning to strike Wednesday, when the bill is to be debated in the city’s Legislative Council, where around half the members are popularly elected. Pro-democracy activists are planning further protest action.journalists Tuesday that the bill struck a balance between the protection of human rights, addressing public concerns, and ensuring Hong Kong did not become a haven for fugitives.
“What is clear is Beijing’s direction of travel. They need Hong Kong brought to book. They need to eliminate opposition. They need to intensify the integration of the city and that obviously represents a fundamental clash with the liberal democratic values that many Hongkongers uphold but is also the core of the Hong Kong system.
The new bill raises fears that Hong Kong citizens, foreigners living in Hong Kong and even people passing through Hong Kong’s airport could be arrested and sent to mainland China, where critics say the legal system fails to guarantee a fair trial. Joseph Cheng Yu-shek, a pro-democracy activist and former chair of the political science department at City University Hong Kong, said in an interview that many Hongkongers did not trust China’s legal system because it was controlled by the Communists.
Please be reminded this concerns tourists as well :
WOULD YOU STOP SAYING THAT WE HAVE LOST ? it isnt over, and you know it. I understand its your job to make news known but don’t put a ridicule like this out there. noextradition chinaextradition hongkongers We unite not fucking destroy.
So Hong Kong may become a haven for fugitives? Hong Konger's wise choice.
They all wired to cellphones, this is bad for eyes
You know mainland Chinese own Hong Kong when even after all these protests, the HK govt is going ahead with this law
What battle? It is a massacre!
Without the extradition law, anyone can commit crimes in mainland China and just book a flight to Hong Kong and they will be safe. Hong Kong has been a heaven for criminals and fugitives. But not anymore!
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Why is Varney the only fox news reporting the Hong Kong protests? FoxNews BillHemmer
Wait so they are protesting allowing the extradition of criminals who commit crimes in China then flee to Hong Kong? So they'd rather harbor criminals in the name of 'freedom'? So what happens when criminals who flee there and start committing murders in Hong Kong?
The people of Hong Kong lost this battle July 1, 1997.
If that’s their choice to let their home to be a heaven for fugitives, why not? Just leave us alone and stop depicting mainland China as a monster as I know it’s NOT TRUE.
The battle there is lost, China was always playing the long game. Run 400 to 500 billion dollar deficits and more battles will be lost.
What did they expect from China, prison organ farms.
We all have to support Hong Kong them to protect their rights. No democracy in mainland China,this is the last battle.also I hope it’s just a start to wake up more and more Chinese people!
HK has signed extradition regulations with many countries,and China has signed with many counties too.Why cannot HK signed with mainland?Please help mainland catch fugitives.
Hong Kong belongs to china
香港加油，香港人加油，反对到底
Yes, with billions of citizens in their totalitarian empire, the Chinese Communist Party sees individuals as literally expendable as they plot their territorial expansion plans.
This is the future of Taiwan. I have discussed this with many, and the people of Taiwan do not seem to realize the pearl they are in. China will stop at nothing at annexing Taiwan back into his fold. Hong Kong is the example.
This whole protest was instigated by the British and American agents in Hong Kong. They could care less about the well being of Hong Kong people. They just want to cause instability in the former colony.
Hong konger we all need to unite together and say no to China government!
Taiwan is next if they don’t start distancing themselves 😉
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the Western media is just rubbish. donald trumph could have ordered the police and arm forces to shoot the protesters if this is in THE US.
That turn out is 1/7th of the population. That is defiance the China, nor the world, is not accustomed to. Very impressive and I stand with them.
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No to the western press
The people of this country must not let this happen China is trying to Erase Democracy and Freedom in HongKong little by little don’t give in never let it happen.
Our US tech. companies sold their soul to the devil. More power to China less freedom in the world. More power to USA more freedom in the world. Tariffs are a necessary evil.
Glad to be in the USA the best country on earth.
stop instigating people! Hongkong is not like that! 😡😡get the f*ck out of our land!
With protesters being paid 2000 HKD for attending the 'Protest', no battle really existed.
The same Hong Kong that was returned to China? Okay. Good one. I hear Puerto Rico wants voting rights...
China needs to leave Hong Kong alone already.
China will win this battle
Why would China do this unless they want to subject the people of Hong Kong to Chinese Kangaroo style Justice on the mainland?
Not at all!! As long as the spirit of resistance lives in the people, the battle goes on!
Erm. The 99 year lease the British had on Hong Kong ran out 22 years ago. Get over it idiots. Like anywhere else in the world the British thought they could own like a woman to rape, Hong Kong is just one more of their miserable disasters.
'But the battle may already be lost'... The sheer numbers of people protesting right now is a sign that it's not lost. only if they stop fighting for their freedom then they truly lost. this is before the bill passes. The numbers can easily multiply when it does. good luck
No thanks to the Western press.
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