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Pro-democracy protesters back in Hong Kong, no violence
Source: Reuters
Pro-democracy protesters back in Hong Kong, no violence
BY DONNY KWOK AND MICHELLE PRICE
HONG KONG Sun Feb 1, 2015 12:35pm EST
(Reuters) - Thousands of pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in the first large-scale rally since demonstrations rocked the global financial hub late last year.
Some 2,000 police flanked thousands of protesters who marched on the city's glitzy shopping and financial districts, seeking to avoid a repeat of the so-called Occupy Central campaign that saw demonstrations shut down key roads for 2-1/2 months.
Organizers estimated the turnout at 13,000, but police said 8,800 people showed up at the march's peak.
Last year's protests for a fully democratic vote to choose Hong Kong's next leader were the most serious challenge to China's authority since the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations and crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
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BY DONNY KWOK AND MICHELLE PRICE
HONG KONG Sun Feb 1, 2015 12:35pm EST
(Reuters) - Thousands of pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in the first large-scale rally since demonstrations rocked the global financial hub late last year.
Some 2,000 police flanked thousands of protesters who marched on the city's glitzy shopping and financial districts, seeking to avoid a repeat of the so-called Occupy Central campaign that saw demonstrations shut down key roads for 2-1/2 months.
Organizers estimated the turnout at 13,000, but police said 8,800 people showed up at the march's peak.
Last year's protests for a fully democratic vote to choose Hong Kong's next leader were the most serious challenge to China's authority since the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations and crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/01/us-hongkong-protests-idUSKBN0L514X20150201
