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Hong Kong protests, 2019-2020
The largest protests in Hong Kong's modern history arose over an extradition bill and continued for months.
What happened
Large-scale protests in 2019-2020 arose over a proposed extradition bill; though withdrawn, demonstrations continued for months before subsiding amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
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Claim: Large-scale protests in 2019-2020, the largest in Hong Kong's modern history, arose initially over a proposed bill permitting extradition to mainland China; although the bill was withdrawn, demonstrations continued for months amid reports of police conduct that drew international attention, before subsiding amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This bundle does not narrate specific protest incidents or allegations of police conduct in detail.
- Hong Kong's Freedoms: What China Promised and How It's Cracking Down (Council on Foreign Relations) link, 2019-2020 Protests section. Source record