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C.Y. Leung

Hong Kong police baton-charged and pepper-sprayed thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators in the early hours of December 1, 2014. The protesters were trying to encircle government headquarters, defying orders to retreat after more than two months of prot

Hong Kong student protest leaders announce a hunger strike

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After weeks of stagnation and clashes with police over the weekend, three of Hong Kong’s top student protest leader say they’ll go on a hunger strike to force negotiations with the city government. But it may simply be a sign of the protest movement’s waning influence.

Protesters stand on a bridge as they block the main street to the financial Central district outside of the government headquarters building in Hong Kong on September 30, 2014.

In central Hong Kong, the protest movement keeps growing

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