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November 7, 2016 09:10 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/31B7n0pU7Jw/hong-kong-erupts-after-beijing.html
Hong Kong erupts after Beijing refuses to allow dissident lawmakers to re-take oath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8GDbEvonKI
Elected representatives of Hong Kong's Youngspiration party deliberately mangled their oaths of office, refusing to swear loyalty to China (instead swearing to Hong Kong) and pronouncing China as "Shina," a term dating from the Japanese occupation of China (they also held up a banner that said "Hong Kong is not China"). (more…)
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