Citizen-shot mobile phone footage of clashes in Hong Kong during what was largely a peaceful protest against government efforts to extradite citizens to mainland China. Image: GettyIt’s not easy to turn a million prosperous people into political dissidents. But that’s what China might have pulled off in Hong Kong. Organizers say more than a million people poured into the territory’s streets Sunday to march against an amendment to the law being rammed through the legislative council, or LegCo. Every marcher understands the consequence: China would have the power to go after critics in Hong Kong by having them arrested there and then brought to the mainland...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 10, 2019 22:52 UTC