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Hong Kong Suspends Extradition Bill After Brush With Disaster, But It Ain’t Over
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam thinks it might be a good idea to "do more explanation work" before moving ahead with the extremely controversial extradition bill that sparked angry protests this week and threatened to undermine the city's key economic relationships.
“After repeated internal deliberations over the last two days, I now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise, restart our communication with all sectors of society, do more expl
Realistically, isn’t this about the best possible response from the government? Could we expect this government to back down in the face of protests? While this could be a short term action to try to calm things down, it is also possible that the government will save face by launching a multi-year study and we never hear about the issue again. I’m hoping for the latter.