An estimated million or more people in Hong Kong protested a bill that would let Beijing extradite people to stand trial in mainland China. WSJ's John Lyons looks at the territory's future as Beijing signals no retreat. Photo: GettyHong Kong could pay a big price for taking even a small step closer to Beijing. The semiautonomous territory’s largest protest march since its handover to China in 1997—more than a million people flocked to the streets Sunday, according to organizers—hasn’t yet swayed its government from pressing ahead with a law that would allow citizens to be extradited to mainland China. Leaders indicated Monday that debates on the legislation, which will allow Beijing to take people across the border to stand trial in the mainland, would...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 11, 2019 11:03 UTC