The march was initially organized by a local pro-democracy group to protest the extradition bill.

The CCP's consistent encroachments on Hong Kong's governance has resulted in the flood of anger now seen from residents in the anti-extradition-bill crisis, with seemingly no end in sight.

In recent weeks, Hongkongers have staged mass protests against a bill that would allow the Chinese regime to seek extradition of criminal suspects.

The extradition bill would allow any country, including mainland China, to seek the extradition of criminal suspects from Hong Kong.

Beijing denies interfering but, for many Hong Kong residents, the extradition bill is the latest step in a relentless march towards mainland control.

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The government has so far refused to accede to any of the protesters' main demands, which include a complete withdrawal of the extradition bill and an independent inquiry into government handling of the snowballing crisis.

Hong Kong media tycoon and democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai joins a protest against a controversial extradition bill in Hong Kong on April 28, 2019.

As a Voice of America report analyzed, the CCP’s approach to Hong Kong has gradually changed since Xi took power, especially since the anti-extradition bill protests in Hong Kong.

In May, insiders told the Chinese-language Epoch Times and other media that the Hong Kong Liaison Office, the representative agency of Beijing located in Hong Kong, initiated the proposal to draft an extradition bill. 

The senators had said passage of Hong Kong’s extradition bill would compel U.S. authorities to reevaluate whether the city would qualify for such status.

Many Hongkongers fear that such autonomy is under threat with the extradition bill, which would allow any country, including mainland China, to seek extradition of criminal suspects.

Protesters attend a demonstration demanding Hong Kong's leaders to step down and withdraw the extradition bill, in Hong Kong, China, June 16, 2019.

Anti-extradition bill demonstrators attend a protest at the arrival hall of Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China on Aug. 9, 2019.

Photobook cover for "VOICE Hong Kong 2019" by Michiko Kiseki, which documented the protests of the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement in Hong Kong in 2019.

The mass demonstrations began in early June when the Hong Kong government introduced a controversial extradition bill that would allow criminal suspects or fugitives to be extradited to mainland China.

Shanxi provincial government document asked agencies to be careful about the impact of Hong Kong's anti-extradition bill protests.

They condemned Chung T'ien Television, China Times, and other pro-Beijing media outlets that have downplayed recent coverage of Hong Kong mass protests against a controversial extradition bill that would allow mainland China to seek extradition of any

Lam last week withdrew the controversial extradition bill that had triggered the unrest, but the gesture failed to appease many demonstrators.

He also urged the city to put a stop to extradition bill protests.

An independent inquiry into police violence during recent pro-democracy protests has long been one of the demands of protesters who took to the streets from mid last year against a now fully-scrapped extradition bill.

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Triads The protesters are demanding Hong Kong's leader scrap a controversial extradition bill that many fear will extend China's reach into the city.

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-China trade war, the 2019 anti-extradition bill movement of Hong Kong, and the 2020 pandemic. China is experiencing an unprecedented severe employment crisis while its economy is taking a hit.

Several U.S. lawmakers have recently added their voice of support for Hongkongers protesting against a now-suspended extradition bill.

Protests in Hong Kong are now in their 16th week, after millions took to the streets in June to protest the local government’s controversial extradition bill, which many fear would erode the city’s autonomy.

President Donald Trump on Aug. 15 suggested that if Chinese leader Xi Jinping personally met with Hong Kong protesters, a resolution to the current extradition bill crisis could be reached.

After Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced on Sept. 4 that the government would formally withdraw an extradition bill that has ignited the city’s largest-ever protest movement, local protesters and pro-democracy activists alike said they would continue