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Millions in the former British colony have flocked to the streets in
several mass protests over the past month to fight against a proposed
law that would allow individuals to be extradited to stand trial in
China’s opaque courts.
Now, feeling emboldened by the solidarity and big turnout at
recent protests, which have made headlines across the world, Hong
Kongers are riding on the wave of their success to speak up on a range
of issues, which are generally related to their discontent with the
encroachment of China into Hong Kong.
Over the past weeks, in several different places, there have already
been many smaller-scale rallies on the sidelines of the main protests,
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among them a couple of mothers’ rallies urging the authorities to listen
to young people and numerous open-air Christian gatherings urging
peace.
However, many more, with different themes, are in the pipeline:
There are at least five planned protests or rallies over the coming week
and nine until the end of the month, and lists of these are going viral on
social media.
On Saturday, thousands of people turned out for a Reclaim Sheung
Shui protest in a town near the Chinese border, a show of anger against
so-called parallel traders who snap up goods ranging from
foreign-made baby formula to cosmetics and medicines and resell them
in China.
There is to be an elderly people’s march to support the young on
Wednesday and a rally against pro-Beijing media in the next few weeks.
Such frequent protests are rare in Hong Kong, where people are
known for their stoical work ethic in a territory that has some of the
highest property prices in the world and little social welfare provision.
Many interviewed by the Observer newspaper in the Sheung Shui
protest said the millions-strong anti-extradition protests last month had
become a lightning rod for them.
【題組】47. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
(A) China Communists warn to seize protesters without mercy.
(B) The protesters play with the policemen.
(C) The spirit of rebellion spreads across Hong Kong.
(D) The traders are angry with the protesters.