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Hong Kong Protesters Take Message to Mainland Chinese

Associated Press

   HONG KONG - Protesters in Hong Kong were taking their message to
   visitors from mainland China on Sunday in a march to a high-speed rail
   station that connects to Guangdong city and other mainland
   destinations.

   A mostly young crowd gathered in the midafternoon ahead of a march
   through a high-end shopping area popular with Chinese tourists and
   ending at West Kowloon station.

   Police put up large barricades blocking a main entrance to the station
   to prevent any attempt to enter it. Only passengers with train
   reservations would be allowed into the station, the mass transit
   authority said, and Hong Kong media reported that ticket sales had been
   suspended for afternoon trains.

   Hong Kong has been riven by protests for the past month, sparked by
   proposed changes to extradition laws that would have allowed suspects
   to be sent to the mainland to face trial. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam
   suspended the bill and apologized for how it was handled, but
   protesters want it to be formally withdrawn and for Lam to resign.

   March organizers said they want to explain their cause to people from
   the mainland, where media coverage of the movement has been limited and
   focused largely on the damage to public property.

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