Hong Kong Withdraws Extradition Bill That Ignited Summer-Long Protests
Audrey Conklin Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam withdrew the implementation of an extradition bill that ignited a summer of peaceful and violent protests throughout the region. The bill would have allowed Hong Kong criminal suspects to be extradited and tried in mainland China, which many Hongkongers interpreted as an intrusionon the region’s independent government system. “The…
