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    Amid extradition bill protests, a cry: 'Hong Kongers save Hong Kongers!'

    by Alice Su, Los Angeles Times Jun 13, 2019 6 minutes

    HONG KONG - The streets of Hong Kong were relatively clear Thursday morning, but images of protesting teenagers fleeing from police batons, tear gas and rubber bullets the previous night raised the levels of anger and tension to new highs.

    Since Sunday, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents have taken to the streets in opposition to a legislative bill that would authorize China to extradite criminal suspects to the mainland.

    Many Hong Kongers believe it could doom the freedoms - including those of the media and of assembly - that set Hong Kong apart from the rest of the People's Republic of China.

    When mass protests ended in violent clashes Wednesday, older residents took to recalling the Tiananmen Square killings of 1989 in Beijing as they condemned Hong Kong's government and its police force, which pointed guns at the youths of the semiautonomous Chinese territory.

    Younger protesters vowed to adopt more secure technology for communications, breaking mass chat channels into smaller, verified groups, spreading legal advice in

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