Hong Kong, 5 years after mass protests
On Point | Podcast
WBUR
4.2 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Between 2019 and 2020, nearly 2 million people took to the streets of Hong Kong to fight legislation that could give Chinese authorities the power to criminalize dissent.
It's been 5 years since China passed the so-called national security law. How has Hong Kong changed?
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| 0:51.3 | Six years ago, the streets of Hong Kong were flooded with protesters. |
| 0:57.1 | Nearly two million people opposed to a controversial proposal that would crack down on democratic rights in Hong Kong. |
| 1:05.2 | The bill altered Hong Kong's extradition laws and would allow police to detain and transfer people wanted in other countries, even if they're not convicted of a crime in Hong Kong. |
| 1:17.8 | The mutual legal assistance described in the bill sounds entirely commonplace and potentially even familiar to American listeners. |
| 1:27.1 | Were it not for one specific thing? |
| 1:31.3 | China. |
| 1:32.5 | Well, you don't even have to do anything bad. |
| 1:34.8 | What is to stop China from making up evidence? |
| 1:39.0 | I think that all the things she did is to obey the China government, |
| 1:47.0 | and I don't think she is serving us. |
| 1:51.0 | I think there's no hope, but we still need to continue |
| 1:55.9 | to fight against the Beijing government and protest our city and our future. |
| 2:02.7 | Protesters speaking to CBS News in June of 2019. |
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