Six months ago, an estimated 1 million people in Hong Kong set off on a march from Victoria Park in Causeway Bay calling for the withdrawal of a proposed extradition law that would allow for criminal fugitives to be sent to face trial across the border in mainland China. Half a year on, 800,000 walked the same route, according to organisers. In between, the city has been in an almost constant state of rising violence and turmoil, now locked in a stalemate with no solution in sight. The city's tourism sector has nose-dived, parents fear for the well-being of their children and a major target of the worst of the protesters' ire, the MTR, has revealed it faces HK$1.6 billion in losses. What will the next six months bring? Stay with us at scmp.com.
Yonden Lhatoo,
Chief News Editor
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