Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people marched Thursday in a massive, impassioned plea for full democracy, mixed with anger at Beijing for recently denying them the right to directly choose their government.
Tempers have flared here since China ruled in April that ordinary citizens cannot elect the successor to their unpopular leader, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, in 2007 or all lawmakers in 2008.
"We don't want to be subservient to the central government," said Ben Kwok, a 40-year-old factory owner. "We don't want Hong Kong to become like the mainland, where even the news gets censored."
People took to the streets en masse on the seventh anniversary of the former British colony's handover to Chinese sovereignty.
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Tempers have flared here since China ruled in April that ordinary citizens cannot elect the successor to their unpopular leader, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, in 2007 or all lawmakers in 2008.
"We don't want to be subservient to the central government," said Ben Kwok, a 40-year-old factory owner. "We don't want Hong Kong to become like the mainland, where even the news gets censored."
People took to the streets en masse on the seventh anniversary of the former British colony's handover to Chinese sovereignty.
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