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Hong Kong Protesters, Government Schedule Talks
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A daily account of the 2014 Hong Kong democracy protests
10/01/2014
Grouped Articles
Hong Kong Government Seeks to Wait Out Protesters
Wall Street Journal 10/01/2014
Hong Kong Protestors Inspired by Gandhi
Wall Street Journal 10/01/2014
Joshua Wong: The 17-Year-Old Public Face of Hong Kong's Protests
Wall Street Journal 10/01/2014
Squeezed by Protesters and Beijing, Leader Tries to Save His Job
New York Times 10/01/2014
Hong Kong Leader Opens Talks With Protesters
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2014
Hong Kong’s Billionaire Democrat
Wall Street Journal 10/05/2014
Hong Kong democracy protests in 2014
07/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Hong Kong Democracy Protest: Thousands March Through City
Wall Street Journal 07/02/2014
Crackdown on Protests by Hong Kong Police Draws More to the Streets
New York Times 09/28/2014
Pro-Democracy Protests Shake Hong Kong
Wall Street Journal 09/29/2014
Why Hong Kong’s protests are a very big deal - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/30/2014
China President Xi Jinping Faces Stark Choices Over Hong Kong Protests
Wall Street Journal 09/30/2014
Protests in Hong Kong Have Roots in China’s ‘Two Systems’
New York Times 09/29/2014
Carrie Lam, Chief Secretary, during the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests in 2014- a once popular civil servant in the role of negotiating for Beijing
10/04/2014
Grouped Articles
The ‘Good Fighter’ Face of Hong Kong Government
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2014
Hong Kong’s Billionaire Democrat
Wall Street Journal 10/05/2014
Hong Kong Protesters, Government Schedule Talks
Wall Street Journal 10/07/2014
Hong Kong Officials and Protesters Agree to Talk
New York Times 10/07/2014
China, U.S. Standoff Deepens Over Hong Kong Protests
Wall Street Journal 10/11/2014
Hong Kong’s Top Government Officials Leaving Town
Wall Street Journal 10/11/2014
How Hong Kong's Chief Executive is chosen under the Basic Law drafted in 1990 and implemented with the 1997 transfer from Britain
09/29/2014
Forsythe provides details about how the Chief Executive is chosen from a group of1200 individuals mostly pro-business and loyal to Beijing. In 2017 the Chinese People's Congress promised to provide an election based on "one man, one vote." It is who can stand in the election that is the point of contention between pro-democracy protestors including university students, and the government in Beijing. Beijing wants to limit the candidates to people it approves, and protestors want to open up the process.
Grouped Articles
Protests in Hong Kong Have Roots in China’s ‘Two Systems’
New York Times 09/29/2014
Between Beijing and Protests: Hong Kong's CEO
Wall Street Journal 10/01/2014
Hong Kong Protesters, Government Schedule Talks
Wall Street Journal 10/07/2014
Banyan: The spoiled brats of democracy
Economist 10/14/2014
Complicated Hong Kong Election Reform Plan Doesn’t Add Up, Activists Say
Wall Street Journal 04/22/2015
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