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Day: 17 June 2019

Hong Kong

Pro-Beijing regime in Hong Kong pushed back by millions-strong protests

June 17, 2019 Dave Carr, from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party, England & Wales)

Political pressure arising from a mass protest movement, including a demonstration estimated at two million people, forced a humiliating climb-down by the pro-Beijing executive in Hong Kong over its infamous ‘extradition bill’.

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