Hong Kong protests: Footage shows tear gas being fired into the crowd

https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/hong-kong-protests-june-12-intl-hnk/h_b9b37149cd61899748d7417097c23734

by ridicter • 7 years ago

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hereiskkb• 7 years ago

It's just speculation from me, but this does oddly seem to reflect China's attitude towards such demonstrations in it's own territory.

tjpnz2• 7 years ago

In Uyghur territories yes but you don't tend to "hear" about this happening elsewhere. All that's missing at this point is people being put into black bags never to be seen again. The legislation around extradition to China will address that.

nie100sowny• 7 years ago

The article looks like some manipulation. These people protest against the extradition act between Honk Kong and China. After this Honk Kong will lose some part of autonomy.

It is not pro-democracy manifestation. West journalists are a democracy fanatics :/ Can some Chinese write what is really going on in Hong Kong?

Additionally, I have not seen this kind of worried articles about France protest and president Macron :/

Last but not least, I am sad that no one in my country and other European countries pretested when extradictions acts were signed with USA. Looks Hong Kongers are more proud. Good luck.

simonh3• 7 years ago

It took 10 minutes after someone predicted incoming "what about this thing in coutry X" comments, but here one is pretty much on cue.

There were hundreds of articles all over the world covering the protests in France, much of it sympathetic to the protester's cause. You must know this, how did you find out about them if not from media coverage?

no one in my country and other European countries pretested when extradictions acts were signed with USA

That is entirely and very obviously false. There were even public protests, and plenty of articles in the media objecting to the extradition of Julian Assange very recently. In fact in Europe it is not possible to extradite a person to the USA who might face the death penalty, and there are considerable concerns about the treatment of prisoners in the USA, so your specific call out of that issue shows this absolutely is a legitimate point for public concern and protest.

tjpnz2• 7 years ago

Is "Honk Kong" some kind of method to make oneself come across as less of a shill or is it a legitimate alternative spelling of the city?

drenvuk• 7 years ago

There are live streams on youtube in HK right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGPh1mdDxPc is one. If someone can find other reliable ones that would be nice.

chvid• 7 years ago

I see the scale of the protest; but I don't really understand the end goal here. Eventually Hong Kong will become fully integrated in China, right down to driving on the right-hand side of the street. This is one of many steps in that integration.

ShorsHammer• 7 years ago

The end goal is to at least hold out until the clock ticks down, accepting it isn't going to be better.

This extradition law has far reaching consequences against freedoms and the rule of law that locals have had until now. That's why there's so many people who normally don't mind Chinese geopolitical moves coming out into the streets compared to other protests like the umbrella movement.

NotPaidToPost3• 7 years ago

This extradition law has far reaching consequences against freedoms and the rule of law that locals have had until now

Could someone explain how?

me_me_me• 7 years ago

'Integration' that majority of the people do not want and actively resist. Hong Kong is Chinese but is not China. Its classical case of its not illegal but its not right.

People of Hong Kong know it's a futile resistance, but they still have unbroken spirit and they show it. And that is commendable.

simonh3• 7 years ago

On the expiry of the transition period the extant laws of Hong Kong won't simply cease to exist, or at least that is not the expectation of most Hong Kong people. They feel they have a legitimate right to have a say in how the laws of the territory they live in change.

NotPaidToPost3• 7 years ago

It is not really a question of integration, as far as I can see.

Currently HK has extradition treaties with 18 countries, but none with Macao, Taiwan, and mainland China.

On the face of it, it is rather odd that currently someone may be extradited from HK (a territory of the PR China) to, say the US, but not to mainland China.

It is understandable that people have reservations because of the judicial system in mainland China but this should ideally be dealt with by safeguards in the proposed bill.

To me it is a bit like arguing that someone in Puerto Rico should not face extradition to the US mainland.

yorwba• 7 years ago

On the face of it, it is rather odd that currently someone may be extradited from HK (a territory of the PR China) to, say the US, but not to mainland China.

That's why it's a question of integration. If HK were fully integrated with the PRC, requiring an extradition treaty at all would be strange. But it isn't integrated and the protesters evidently want to keep it that way.

I don't know how many Puerto Rican separatists there are, but they would probably oppose extradition to the United States.

Hong Kong protests: Footage shows tear gas being fired into the crowd

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