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Hong Kong: Students Cap Week of Protests for Political Freedom

HeadlineSep 26, 2014

In Hong Kong, students are capping off a week of action demanding greater political freedom. Thousands of college students launched a class boycott on Monday, and younger schoolchildren joined with them today. Last month the Chinese government rejected demands for Hong Kong to freely choose its next leader in 2017.

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