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False-Guess t1_ja812gx wrote

Doesn’t China still execute people by firing squad? I think these people deserve worse, but at least most or all of them will be executed.

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SquelchShnobler t1_ja837fh wrote

The Mainland does but capital punished was abolished in Hong Kong

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akkelerate t1_ja9ggy5 wrote

The whole 2019 HongKong protests were sparked by an extradition case, by the way.

HongKong wanted to extradite a HongKongese man from Taiwan (murdered his girlfriend).

HK Lawmakers drafted a extradition bill that would allow extradition between HK, China, and Taiwan.

People did not like that.

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quikfrozt t1_jaamtj5 wrote

Indeed. There was a legitimate reason for the case in question - but horrific mismanagement by the HK government led the whole issue snowball into a wider political crisis.

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