Democracy Advocates March in Hong Kong<br />Hong Kong said that The Hong Kong govern<br />Joshua Wong said that We are here to tell the government that we will not give up,<br />" Mr. Wong said. that We have encountered many difficulties last year, including<br />some of us being sued and jailed, but we will stand with Hong Kong people,<br />1, 2018<br />HONG KONG — After a year in which democracy advocates in Hong Kong were jailed<br />and ousted from public office, thousands of people marched through the streets of Hong Kong on New Year’s Day to warn China not to meddle further in the city’s affairs and undermine its autonomy.<br />Others denounced a move by China last week that said part of a high-speed railway station being<br />built in Hong Kong would be regarded as mainland territory governed by mainland laws.<br />Besides the controversial jailing of several prominent young activists for unlawful assembly over the 2014 Occupy pro-democracy protests,<br />the authorities also ejected six pro-democracy lawmakers from the legislature for failing to take proper oaths of office.
