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IMHO: Lam for sure would be biding for time and let passions ease. But the summer of discontent could persist, until most of Hong Kong are assured there is a brighter future for them and the future generations to remain in the city beyond 2047. ...
Yet another black march has begun Monday afternoon, July 1, in Hong Kong from a Causeway Bay park to the government seat in Admiralty against the now-suspended extradition bill.
Since her assumption of office on July 1, 2017, the city's first female leader Carrie Lam, who of course has the backing of China's core leader Xi Jinping, has promised not to raise the specter of Article 23 nor restart discussions on electoral reforms, which set off the Umbrella Movement. but arose out of innate fear for their personal freedoms in the next 28 years when Hong Kong truly becomes part and parcel of China.
Demonstrators also call for the restart of the electoral reforms and the release of all political prisoners. Frontline reporters have talked about getting used to the eye-watering tear gas that felt stronger than the ones police used to fire in September 2014.
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