China signals no retreat from pursuing legislation to allow extradition from Hong Kong, despite a massive weekend protest
BEIJING—China signaled no retreat from pursuing legislation to allow extradition from Hong Kong, despite a massive weekend protest against the proposed law in the Chinese territory.
In comments from officials and in state media on Monday, Beijing vowed sustained backing for the Hong Kong government’s efforts to amend its extradition laws, which exclude mainland China. It attributed the mass protest—which organizers say brought more than one million people onto Hong Kong streets Sunday—to local dissidents colluding with foreign...
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