Hong Kong protests to continue despite disagreement bill's termination
Hong Kong protests to continue despite disagreement bill's termination Demonstrators vow more protests despite leader walking back an extradition bill that sparked massive rallies in June. Hong Kong, China - Protesters vowed to keep on demonstrating even after leader Carrie Lam attempted on Wednesday to defuse weeks of political chaos by formally withdrawing a controversial extradition bill. The withdrawal comes more than two months after Lam first suspended the legislation in mid-June following record-breaking marches in Hong Kong that drew as many as two million people, according to estimates by protest organizer Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF). Seething anger has failed to subside since then with a recent march in late August drawing 1.7 million demonstrators, according to CHRF. The divisive bill would have allowed for Hong Kong residents to stand trial in mainland China and stoke...