Pro-Democracy Protesters Return to Streets of Hong Kong

[Foggy_Bottom]

HONGKONG — Pro-democracy protesters streamed through the heart ofHong Kong on Sunday in their first sizable show of strength since the police cleared occupations that blocked streets for 11 weeks late last year.

The protest was much smaller and milder than the “Occupy” protests that ended in mid-December, and fell well short of the 50,000 participants that organizers had promised. In the end, they estimated that 13,000 people joined, while the police estimated that the crowd reached 8,800 at its peak.

But the march marked a tentative test of how much support the pro-democracy groups could muster in the new year for their campaign to force the government into accepting open elections for the city’s top official.

“We want to sustain the momentum after the Occupy protests,” Joshua Wong, an 18-year-old student leader at the forefront of last fall’s street demonstrations, said while walking toward the financial district of Hong Kong.

Hundreds of police officers watched Sunday as the crowd walked through streets crammed with weekend shoppers. But there were no signs of confrontation with the protesters, many of whom held yellow umbrellas, a symbol of the street occupation last year.


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/02/w...-return-to-streets-of-hong-kong.html?ref=asia

 

[TheTruth]

Courtesy of AmeriKKKa.

This one will fail just like the last, and America's tax dollars are wasted again

 

[Foggy_Bottom]

Courtesy of AmeriKKKa.

This one will fail just like the last, and America's tax dollars are wasted again

You even copied the same crazy talk

 

[TheTruth]

You even copied the same crazy talk

It's a FACT that America sponsored, trained and brainwashed these 12 year olds. And failed, like you failed in Tibet.

 

[Foggy_Bottom]

It's a FACT that America sponsored, trained and brainwashed these 12 year olds. And failed, like you failed in Tibet.

A fact huh? I'm sure you have plenty of credible evidence you are going share with us. Can't wait for you to provide it.

 

[TheTruth]

A fact huh? I'm sure you have plenty of credible evidence you are going share with us. Can't wait.

rofl, the NED itself admitted it was training the ringleaders. Their argument is that the amount was not significant.

 

[Foggy_Bottom]

rofl, the NED itself admitted it was training the ringleaders. Their argument is that the amount was not significant.

What is that, something your brainwashing institutions told you about?

Show us your FACT and credible evidence.

 

[TheTruth]

What is that, something your brainwashing institutions told you about?

Show us your FACT and credible evidence.

Nah, after 50 decades of lies, America needs to prove that it's not always lying. Go look up the information yourself, Google is your friend.

Also, learn proper English you "former state department" official.

 

[Foggy_Bottom]

Nah, after 50 decades of lies, America needs to prove that it's not always lying. Go look up the information yourself, Google is your friend.

Also, learn proper English you "former state department" official.

So no evidence to back your claim?

What did your contribution ultimately prove here? Just another poster that suffers from the same "Amerika did it" tourette syndrome. Have a nice day.

 

[TheTruth]

So no evidence to back your claim?

What did your contribution ultimately prove here? Just another poster that suffers from the same "Amerika did it" tourette syndrome. Have a nice day.

nope. there is lots of evidence, and I'm not going to be bogged down by a loser who just spams "souce? source? source?" and then doesn't even read them.

Google is your friend. America is a pathological liar. Where is your proof that Iraq had WMD or Iran was Communist in the 50s?

 

[BuddhaPalm]

No mercy on dissidents.

 

[Raphael]

Only 8800 people? What a sad and pathetic turnout. There are more people "washing" themselves in the fecal waters of the Ganges right now.

Jayatl, your state department handlers want you to get your *** to HK and join the agitations right now! Otherwise, they'll never achieve the false impression of popularity that is necessary to overturn the will of Hong Kong's silent majority.

 

[opruh]

America should stop sending burgers to this people so they won't have much energy to continue with their stupid protest.

 

[Steakhouse]

I read this article on yahoo sites, the protesters slowly shrink in numbers what happen to the popular protest in HK? Only 8K take part in the protest out of 3 millions population?

 

[Foggy_Bottom]

Only 8800 people? What a sad and pathetic turnout. There are more people "washing" themselves in the fecal waters of the Ganges right now.

Jayatl, your state department handlers want you to get your *** to HK and join the agitations right now! Otherwise, they'll never achieve the false impression of popularity that is necessary to overturn the will of Hong Kong's silent majority.

Seems like the news touched a nerve with you. Seeing your hypersensitive reaction I kinda get why the CCP blocks any and all news of it from reaching the brainwashed citizenry.