Anti-extradition bill protest at West Kowloon station aims to gain support from mainland Chinese
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong protesters rallied in Kowloon on July 7, 2019 against the now-stalled extradition law amendment. The protesters marched from the tourist district of Tsim Sha Tsui to the West Kowloon station, which is the terminal for the cross-border, high-speed rail link. Organisers said the rally would be ‘peaceful, rational and graceful’ and aimed to gain support from mainland Chinese visitors. Concerned about a risk of violence and chaos seen at protests in the past few…