In Challenge to Beijing, Hong Kong Activists Attempt to Take Fight to Mainland

In Challenge to Beijing, Hong Kong Activists Attempt to Take Fight to Mainland
Anti-extradition bill protesters shout slogans to Chinese tourists during a march to West Kowloon Express Rail Link Station in Hong Kong, China on July 7, 2019. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s faceless protest movement is embarking on a bold new strategy that poses a direct challenge to the city’s political masters in Beijing: Activists want to export their “revolution” to mainland China.

China’s censors have gone into overdrive in the past month, blocking news of Hong Kong’s biggest and most violent protests in decades from filtering through to the mainland, where stability is the Communist Party’s overwhelming priority.