Heard on the Street: Hong Kong could pay a big price for taking even a small step closer to Beijing
Hong Kong could pay a big price for taking even a small step closer to Beijing.
The semiautonomous territory’s largest protest march since its handover to China in 1997—more than a million people flocked to the streets Sunday, according to organizers—hasn’t yet swayed its government from pressing ahead with a law that would allow citizens to be extradited to mainland China. Leaders indicated Monday that debates on the legislation, which will allow Beijing to take people across the border to stand trial in the mainland, would...
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