Beginning in June 2019, Hong Kong has erupted with protests ever since. The city’s inhabitants broke out into opposition over plans to allow extradition to mainland China. The complaints from the public eventually turned into a pro-democracy movement.
The reason this bill was so opposed is because it risked exposing Hongkongers to violent treatment along with unfair trials. It was also worried that the bill would further enable China to influence Hong Kong (this could potentially mean activists and journals would be targeted and put on unfair trials for their efforts to express their concerns). “Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets but afters weeks of protests, leader Carrie Lam eventually said the bill would be suspended indefinitely” (BBC).
Even after the bill was announced to be terminated, protestors took to the streets to express their disdain as they were worried the bill could still be revitalized. In September 2019, following copious amounts of police and citizen clashes over the bill, the proposal was finally withdrawn, but the protestors were still upset. On October 1 2019, during China’s celebration of the 70 years of Communist rule, Hong Kong exploded with violence and chaos. In June 2020, “the power of those uprisings brought China’s full might down on Hong Kong, as Beijing implemented a draconian national security law that stifled dissent — or anything that looked even remotely like it in the eyes of the Chinese Communist Party”(Vox). Still today, protests in Hong Kong continue as the citizens push for pro-democracy.
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