- Addressing the weeks-long mass protests, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said today that the controversial extradition bill was "dead" though she didn't say whether she would withdraw the legislation.
- The demonstrations have sent financial institutions scrambling for liquid assets, triggering interbank interest rates in the city to shoot up across the curve.
- Hong Kong was a British colony until 1997, when it became a special administrative region of China under a 'one country, two systems" framework, but many citizens have expressed concern that their civil rights are slowly being eroded under Beijing.
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