Frustration of surviving pricey Hong Kong stirs protest anger


  • World
  • Thursday, 04 Jul 2019

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Young people in Hong Kong have been at the forefront of violent protests over a proposed extradition law that have shaken the city and angered Beijing.

At the root of the protests is concern over what many people see as the inexorable erosion of civil liberties and the city's autonomy by an ever-meddling Beijing, that refuses to grant full democracy in the former British colony.

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