Hong Kong protesters are fueled by a broader demand: More Democracy | World News, The Indian Express

Hong Kong protesters are fueled by a broader demand: More Democracy | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Hong Kong |Published: July 9, 2019 2:25:32 pm

Hong Kong protesters are fueled by a broader demand: More Democracy

It was a dramatic rebuke of a political system that protesters say created a ruling class that has become more beholden to Beijing than to Hong Kong since the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule 22 years ago.

Police officers during clashes with protesters after a march near the Canton Road tourist shopping district in Hong Kong, July 7, 2019. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)

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