Angered by China's hard line against democracy in Hong Kong, an estimated 60,000 people waved candles, sang and chanted yesterday night to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.
"Hong Kong should be democratic," university student Rocker Tsui said at an annual vigil that was highly charged by the recent bitter dispute over the territory's political future. "Hong Kong people should be ruling Hong Kong ourselves."
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posted 07 June 2004 01:05 AM
I'm listening.
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posted 07 June 2004 02:49 AM
quote:"Hong Kong should be democratic," university student Rocker Tsui said at an annual vigil that was highly charged by the recent bitter dispute over the territory's political future. "Hong Kong people should be ruling Hong Kong ourselves."
Where were these kids when the British were appointing Englishmen as leaders of Hong Kong up until 1994 and handover to China in '97?. They had democracy for just a couple of years.
Students there should be protesting the sweat shops and homelessness instead.
posted 07 June 2004 05:03 AM
Uhh, maybe they were working for the British.
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posted 07 June 2004 06:36 PM
Right, Fidel. Self-determination just isn't important anymore, is it? And it couldn't be seen as a part of the solution, either.
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