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Hong Kong leader pulls extradition bill, but too little too late, say some

"Hong Kong Protesters Apologize After Chaos at Airport"

James Pomfret, Clare Jim

September 4, 2019 / 11:52 AM / Updated 18 hours ago

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday withdrew an extradition bill that triggered months of often
violent protests so the Chinese-ruled city can move forward from a “highly vulnerable and dangerous” place and find solutions.

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The protests began in March but snowballed in June and have evolved into a push for greater democracy for the city which returned
to China in 1997. It was not clear if killing the bill would help end the unrest. The immediate reaction appeared skeptical.

“FIVE DEMANDS, NOT ONE MISSING”

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The four other demands are: retraction of the word “riot” to describe rallies, release of all demonstrators, an
independent inquiry into perceived police brutality and the right for Hong Kong people to choose their own leaders.

“Too little, too late,” Joshua Wong, a leader of pro-democracy protests in 2014 that were the precursor to the current unrest, said on his Facebook page.

In the United States, Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a persistent critic of what he sees as Beijing’s
attempts to undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy, called Lam’s move “welcome but insufficient.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-leader-pulls-extradition-bill-but-too-little-too-late-say-some-idUSKCN1VP05B