Title: Hong Kong protests: Why are there protests against China and how did they start? - CBBC Newsround
Headings: Hong Kong protests: Why are there protests against China and how did they start?
Hong Kong protests: Why are there protests against China and how did they start?
What does China have to do with Hong Kong?
What is communism?
What happened in 2019?
Why is there a problem now?
What is the new law?
How would the law change things?
What happens now?

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Hong Kong protests: Why are there protests against China and how did they start? 28 May 2020
28 May 2020
Last updated at 09:07
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There have been lots of protests in Hong Kong in the last few years
Pictures of protests in Hong Kong have been a common sight over the last couple of years, but why are citizens protesting and what is the government in Hong Kong, and in China, doing about it? There have been protests in Hong Kong since early 2019. They originally started over a planned change in the law called the extradition bill. The bill, or law, would have meant that people accused of crimes against mainland China could be sent there from Hong Kong to go on trial. Even though that law was formally scrapped later that year, people in Hong Kong were angry about China's involvement in how the territory is run. So what is the history between China and Hong Kong?