Hong Kong activists stunned but defiant in face of crackdown

Authorities in Hong Kong have arrested more than 50 former lawmakers and  pro-democracy advocates. Opposition politician Lo Kin-hei, the chair of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, tells The World’s Carol Hills that activists will carry on, and it is not yet the movement’s darkest hour.

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