Quick guide What are the Hong Kong protests about? Authorities in Taiwan suspect the woman’s boyfriend, who remains in Hong Kong, but cannot try him because no extradition agreement is in place. Quick guide Democracy under fire in Hong Kong since 1997 Show Hide Hong Kong's democratic struggles since 1997 1 July 1997: Hong Kong, previously a British colony, is returned to China under the framework of "one country, two systems". How are you being affected by the Hong Kong protests? Yau Wai Ping, an associate professor at Hong Kong Baptist University who was participating in a hunger strike, said: “The protest is bringing people together.

Source: The Guardian June 12, 2019 22:49 UTC