Hundreds protest Beijing influence in HK's affairs

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Hundreds protest Beijing influence in HK's affairs

Hundreds of people, many dressed in black, marched through downtown Hong Kong yesterday to denounce China for intervening in a dispute over the next local leader's term length, a move critics say hurts Hong Kong's judicial independence.

Carrying black balloons, the protesters chanted "Protect high degree of autonomy" as they set out for China's liaison office in Hong Kong from an urban park.

Earlier, demonstrators laid a funeral wreath with banners that said "rule of law is dead" at the park.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/04/25/2003251914

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