Why Hong Kong Is Still Protesting

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.3 • 107.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In Hong Kong, hundreds of thousands remain in the streets, even after city officials said they would suspend the contentious extradition bill that prompted the demonstrations in the first place. We look at why the protesters still don’t trust their government. Guest: Austin Ramzy, who covers Hong Kong for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: If the shelving of the extradition bill and an apology from Hong Kong’s leader were aimed at mollifying the protesters, the measures seem to have had the opposite effect.The bill’s suspension is China’s biggest concession to public pressure in President Xi Jinping’s nearly seven years as leader of the country.Here are photographs of the protests, which are some of the largest in the history of Hong Kong.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow.
0:02.4	This is the Daily.
0:04.0	Today.
0:09.0	In Hong Kong, hundreds of thousands of protesters
0:15.0	remain in the streets.
0:19.0	Even after city officials said they would suspend
0:23.0	the controversial law that prompted the protests
0:26.0	in the first place.
0:28.0	Why they still don't trust their government.
0:34.0	Even if we see in Hong Kong, they are not seen in Hong Kong.
0:41.0	It's Monday, June 17th.
0:50.0	Austin, where does all of this begin?
0:52.0	The story begins a year ago in February of 2018.
0:56.0	Austin Ramsey covers Hong Kong for the Times.
0:59.0	A young couple from Hong Kong, they went from Hong Kong
1:02.0	to Taiwan for a trip over Valentine's Day.
1:13.0	And after this trip, he returns and she doesn't.
1:20.0	Her family is incredibly worried and they contact Hong Kong police.
1:24.0	Hong Kong police contact Taiwan police.
1:27.0	The police in Taiwan begin looking into it.
1:30.0	They find the hotel where the couple stayed.
1:33.0	They find footage of him coming out with a large suitcase.
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