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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Jul 21, 2019, 01:17 PM Jul 2019

Tens of thousands march again in huge Hong Kong anti-government rally

Hong Kong witnessed another huge anti-government march on Sunday with seemingly no end in sight to the turmoil engulfing the finance hub, sparked by years of rising anger over Beijing's rule.

The city has been plunged into its worst crisis in recent history by weeks of marches and sporadic violent confrontations between police and pockets of hardcore protesters.

The initial protests were lit by a now-suspended bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China.

But they have since evolved into a wider movement calling for democratic reforms, universal suffrage and a halt to sliding freedoms in the semi-autonomous territory.

Police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets, while the parliament has been trashed by protesters as Beijing's authority faces its most serious challenge since Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tens-of-thousands-march-again-in-huge-hong-kong-anti-government-rally/ar-AAECr3f?li=BBnb7Kz

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