Hong Kong extradition protests: Government suspends bill

[TomSea]

Hong Kong extradition protests: Government suspends bill

The Hong Kong government has suspended its highly controversial plan to allow extraditions to mainland China, Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced.

She had previously refused to scrap the bill despite mass protests from Hong Kong residents.

"I feel deep sorrow and regret that deficiencies in our work – and various other factors – have stirred up substantial controversies," she said.

Protesters expressed concern at increased Chinese influence.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-48645342

Language map of China:

Cantonese

A majority, 89% of households in Hong Kong, speak Cantonese.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-hong-kong.html

So, it's a complex situation, English (often for business purposes) and Mandarin are also spoken but Hong Kong appears to mainly be "Cantonese" at that.

And great that that bill, the proposed extradition law,  has been suspended!

[Right_in_Virginia]

They need to kill this damn bill, not suspend it.

Although suspension is a good start. 

[skeeter]

People tend to think of China as monolithic these days. It is not and never has been, IMO given the right inducements it'll come apart at the seams.

[Bill Cipher]

People tend to think of China as monolithic these days. It is not and never has been, IMO given the right inducements it'll come apart at the seams.

This is Hong Kong, not some other part of China.  Hong Kong has always had a fraught relationship with the mainland.