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a showdown is developing in Hong Kong where protesters are demanding that the communist government in Beijing butt out
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of the upcoming elections Hong Kong used to be a British colony the Chinese took
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control in 1997 promising Democratic freedoms Seth D is there pro-democracy demonstrators are
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digging in and refusing to move from Hong Kong streets protesters want a free vote in 17 elections but last month the
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Chinese government said the only candidates on the ballot would be vetted by a committee in Beijing do you think
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Beijing would ever budge I pray to God that they will succeed but I don't know legislator Martin Lee was one of
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the founders of Hong Kong's Democratic party we Hong Kong people will fight for our democracy and you see that heavy
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rain will not drive them away tear gas will not drive them away they have been tested during a downpour
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today protesters put to use umbrellas that originally protected them from the tropical heat and pepper
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spray over the weekend lines of Riot police lobed tear gaset demonstrators to clear streets but it seemed to only draw
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thousands more but today we found few uniformed police and protesters were watching out for each other one group of
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friends was assembling makeshift gas masks what is this looks like an old bottle October 1st is China's national
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day holiday a traditional day of protest in Hong Kong demonstrator Kiana Cho sees
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it as an opportunity I don't think CH Chinese know what is uh democracy because they they do not know how to
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fight for this and I think Hong Kong can be an example for them protesters have been telling us that they hope visitors
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traveling here from the mainland will witness these protests firsthand since so little news is getting them via the
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statun media Scott October 1st is said to be a critical day for the protest movement we'll be watching Seth D in
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Hong Kong for us tonight Seth thank you