Anti-extradition bill protest at West Kowloon station aims to gain support from mainland Chinese

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Tens of thousands of Hong Kong protesters rallied in Kowloon on July 7, 2019 against the now-stalled extradition law amendment. The protesters marched from the tourist district of Tsim Sha Tsui to the West Kowloon station, which is the terminal for the cross-border, high-speed rail link.  Organisers said the rally would be ‘peaceful, rational and graceful’ and aimed to gain support from mainland Chinese visitors. Concerned about a risk of violence and chaos seen at protests in the past few…