Hong Kong\u2019s protesters win \u2014 for now

Hong Kong’s protesters have won — for now. But the sword of the Chinese Communist Party still hangs above all 7 million people of the city.

On Sunday, 2 million marched in support of the smaller group that had faced down riot cops and the threat of tanks to blockade last week’s meeting of the city legislature, and so stop a bill to destroy the rule of law.

That proposal would’ve allowed extradition to the mainland courts — which are simply arms of the CCP. No activist, indeed no Hong Kong citizen, would be safe.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who’d pushed the bill, has given up on passage — again, for now. On Tuesday, she even offered a stilted “sincere apology” for “the deficiencies of the government.”

Lam refuses to resign, as Sunday’s protests demanded. Small loss: Beijing controls the committee that fills the job and might choose an even heavier-handed pawn.

The real challenge for the people of Hong Kong is to stay ready for the next effort to crush their liberty. Beijing doesn’t want to kill the golden goose of the territory’s economy, but the CCP won’t forever tolerate even a breath of freedom within China’s borders.

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