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El gráfico muestra medidas tomadas por los gobiernos chino y hongkonés en años recientes, considerados por los críticos como intentos de erosionar las libertades cívicas del territorio.
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Temores de deterioro de libertades en Hong Kong

June 12, 2019 - Medidas de los gobiernos de China y Hong Kong en años recientes han hecho surgir temores entre los residentes del territorio semiautónomo chino de que las libertades que disfrutan están deteriorándose.

Following a day of sit-ins, tear gas and clashes with police, Hong Kong students and civil rights activists vowed to keep protesting a proposed extradition bill that has become a lightning rod for concerns over greater Chinese control over the former British colony.

The violence marked a major escalation of the biggest political crisis in years for the territory and forced the delay of legislative debate on the contentious bill.

The demonstrations pose a challenge to Chinese President Xi JInping, who has said he would not tolerate Hong Kong being used as a base to question the ruling Communist Party's authority.

Hong Kong was handed back from British to Chinese rule in 1997 with constitutional guarantees it would continue to enjoy rights and freedoms not granted in mainland China, including an independent legal system.

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PUBLISHED: 12/06/2019; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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