“I think the Hong Kong people have been betrayed by China, which has proved once again that you can’t trust it further than you can throw it.'
On Sunday afternoon, crowds of protesters dressed in black gathered in Causeway Bay, a popular shopping district, to protest the proposed legislation. Protesters chanted slogans “Stand with Hong Kong,” “Liberate Hong Kong” and “Revolution of our times.”
The bill that triggered Sunday’s rally was submitted at China’s national legislative session on Friday. It is expected to be passed on May 28. It would bypass the city’s legislature and allow the Hong Kong government to set up mainland agencies in the city that would make it possible for Chinese agents to arbitrarily arrest people for activities deemed to be pro-democracy.
“I think the Hong Kong people have been betrayed by China, which has proved once again that you can’t trust it further than you can throw it,” Patten said in an interview with The Times of London.
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