Hong Kong Students To Boycott Classes In Democracy Battle

Agence France-Presse, The Raw Story
Sun, 09/21/2014 - 9:06pm

Thousands of Hong Kong students will begin a week-long boycott of classes Monday, the start of what democracy activists say will be a wider campaign of civil disobedience against Beijing’s refusal to grant the city full universal suffrage. China dashed hopes last month for full and unfettered ...

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