MCLC: HK protest

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: kirk (denton.2 at osu.edu)
Subject: HK protest
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Source: NYT (7/1/13):
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/world/asia/hong-kong-protesters-press-bei
jing-for-changes.html

Hong Kong: Protesters Press Beijing for Changes
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents took to the streets on Monday,
demanding the resignation of their Beijing-backed leader and pressing for
promised democratic changes so they can choose their own top
representative. The annual protest march is a sign of the growing gulf
between Hong Kong and mainland China 16 years after the city ceased to be
a British colony and returned to Beijing’s control. Hong Kong’s chief
executive, Leung Chun-ying, was not elected, but instead picked by a
committee of mostly pro-Beijing and pro-business elites. Organizers said
430,000 protesters turned out, while the police estimated the crowd to be
66,000. Hong Kong University researchers put the number at 88,000 to
98,000. Beijing has pledged to let Hong Kong pick its leader no earlier
than 2017 and the entire legislature by 2020. But residents of the city,
now a special administrative region of China, are frustrated that there
have been few signs of progress.