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Big H.K. democracy rally reflects fury at China

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China faced the biggest challenge to its authority in Hong Kong as a rally that police counted at 98,600 people but organizers put at 510,000 marched July 1 to push for democracy.

For many of the protestors, Beijing is failing to respect the “one country, two systems” principle that allows Hong Kong to largely control itself ― including being able to vote for a leader in 2017. Beijing says it must OK any candidate for leader.

“They’re trying to tell us they have absolute power to rule us,” said protestor Jeff Kwok, 28. (AP)

香港で中国に抗議する大規模デモ

香港が中国に返還された記念日の７月１日、大規模な反中デモが行なわれた。

The Japan Times ST: July 11, 2014