{"id":4099,"date":"2019-08-17T15:26:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T20:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=4099"},"modified":"2019-08-17T15:26:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T20:26:58","slug":"hong-kongs-huge-protests-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/hong-kongs-huge-protests-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s huge protests, explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6_RdnVtfZPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCLXo7UDZvByw2ixzpQCufnA\"><br>Vox<\/a><br>Published on Jun 22, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The people of Hong Kong are protesting in record-breaking numbers. <br> The protester says \u201cThey are not doing this for themselves, but for the future of Hong Kong.\u201d Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers have taken to the streets to protest a controversial extradition bill that could send Hong Kong residents to mainland China to be tried in court. Hong Kong\u2019s Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, says the bill is meant to prevent Hong Kong from becoming a safe haven for fugitives. But its opponents fear that Hong Kong would be exposed to China\u2019s flawed judicial system, which would lead to further erasure of the city\u2019s judicial independence. At first Lam was determined to move forward with the bill. But after a series of massive protests, she announced she would \u201cindefinitely suspend\u201d the bill. But protesters aren&#8217;t accepting the suspension, and have started demanding its complete withdrawal. They&#8217;ve also begun calling for Lam\u2019s resignation. But this rise in tensions is about a lot more than a bill. To understand why this bill hits a nerve with Hongkongers, it&#8217;s important to understand Hong Kong\u2019s relationship with China &#8211; and exactly how the bill would tip the scales in China\u2019s favor. Watch this video to understand the news coming out of Hong Kong and the history that led up to this moment.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VoxPublished on Jun 22, 2019 The people of Hong Kong are protesting in record-breaking numbers. The protester says \u201cThey are not doing this for themselves, but for the future of Hong Kong.\u201d Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers have taken to the streets to protest a controversial extradition bill that could send Hong Kong residents to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/hong-kongs-huge-protests-explained\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hong Kong\u2019s huge protests, explained<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4100,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099\/revisions\/4100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}