Amy Goodman
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Why Hong Kong's youth are protesting: Inequality is "built into the system"
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October 2, 2019
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2:43Now PlayingHong Kong's protests erupted in June over an extradition bill that many Hongkongers felt violated the "one country, two systems" agreement between China and Hong Kong. The bill has since been withdrawn, but protests rage on in the city's streets and clashes between the police and protesters continue to escalate. Kevin Lin, a researcher with the International Labor Rights Forum, says the energy sustaining the protests' momentum is fundamentally about economic inequality — particularly for young people. "Hong Kong is one of the most unequal societies anywhere, and this is not accidental. Hong Kong, which was a British colony for a hundred years, was set up as a trading port and financial center later on," Lin says. "So inequality is almost built into the system." Lin says China has exported its repressive tactics in dealing with social movements to Hong Kong, unleashing state violence on the city's discontented youth protesters.
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