Tens of thousands of people rallied against a proposed extradition bill on July 14 in a Hong Kong town bordering mainland China, before clashes between protesters and riot police broke out in a popular shopping mall following an hours-long standoff.
In the sweltering heat of about 90 degrees Fahrenheit, tens of thousands of Hongkongers spilled into the streets of Sha Tin, a northern town that borders the mainland and is popular with Chinese shoppers, to oppose the legislation, which would allow people to be transferred to mainland China for trial by courts controlled by the Communist Party.
