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By DIRK BEVERIDGE

(AP) Hundreds of thousands of people pack a Hong Kong downtown street while marching to Hong Kong...
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HONG KONG (AP) - Angered by Beijing's decision ruling out full democracy in Hong Kong, hundreds of thousands of people marched Thursday to demand the right to choose their leader.

"We don't want to be subservient to the central government," said Ben Kwok, a 40-year-old factory owner, as the crowd clogged streets and turned much of downtown Hong Kong into a sprawling but peaceful protest zone.

Organizers claimed 530,000 people had marched - a turnout that would put the rally on par with one that jolted the Chinese and Hong Kong governments exactly a year earlier. Police offered a lower estimate, saying about 200,000 people were there by midway through the five-hour demonstration.

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Registered: Jan 2002
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this was actiually done to coincide with the anniversary of Britain handing back Hong Kong to China after the lease ran out.

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Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Hilbert Space
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Mind you, they didn't have democracy under British rule, either.

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Registered: Jul 2001
Location: China
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And there was no lease on Hong Kong itself, just the New Territories. Of course without them would be tantamount to Manhattan without the outer boroughs.

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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: USA
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Wow! 530,000! That's almost like a restroom line over there isn't it?

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Originally posted by memdink





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Bullshit! Those people just want proof of Starrs demise too.

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Someone needs to teach you how to link to an image, worldoffud.

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