Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's chief executive, speaking while wearing a protective mask during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday (May 12). Hong Kong’s leader is pushing ahead with politically divisive policies that may prompt new protests against China’s influence over the city, even as she tries to revive a once-vibrant economy that’s been battered by unrest and the coronavirus pandemic. - Bloomberg
HONG KONG: Hong Kong's government risks reigniting last year's political unrest by pushing ahead with a controversial bill outlawing insults to China's national anthem, opposition lawmakers said on Tuesday (May 12).
Pro-democracy lawmakers warned history was repeating itself, noting that the fast-tracking of a bill last year to allow extraditions to the authoritarian mainland was the spark that lit seven straight months of pro-democracy protests.
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