Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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The story isn't as clear cut as that. A look at how modern Italian developed reveals

that it's more about politics than the rules of language evolution.

But first, it was a decision that astounded many. On Saturday, the leader of Hong Kong's

government, Carrie Lam, announced a suspension of the contentious extradition bill that

had prompted massive public protests. And yesterday, demonstrators who want the bill scrapped

altogether poured into the streets again with renewed determination.

It gave an unbarified estimate of close to two million of the territories, seven million

people. The climb down over the bill might be seen as an embarrassment for China's leader

Xi Jinping. But it could also just be a tactical and temporary retreat.

It's been an astonishing weekend. David Renny is our Beijing bureau chief.

To a lot of people's surprise, having hung very, very tough and said that there was no

chance of a U-turn, the chief executive of Hong Kong, U-turned.

After repeated internal deliberations over the last two days, I now announce that the

government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise.

And on Saturday, Carrie Lam announced that she was suspending a very controversial bill

which would basically allow people from Hong Kong to be sent to mainland courts to face

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