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Hong Kong Protests Carefully Choreographed, Not Spontaneous

Tiananmen analogies are a barrier to understanding what’s really going on in Hong Kong says Peter Lee, Journalist for the Asia Times Online.

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Tiananmen analogies are a barrier to understanding what’s really going on in Hong Kong says Peter Lee, Journalist for the Asia Times.

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