PBS NewsHour

Will withdrawal of extradition bill end Hong Kong protests?

Clip: 09/04/2019 | 5m 45s | Video has closed captioning.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced the formal withdrawal of a bill that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be extradited to mainland China for trials. The proposal sparked months of large-scale demonstrations that sometimes turned violent. But as Nick Schifrin reports, protesters’ reactions were largely negative, with pro-democracy advocates saying it’s too little, too late.