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A Day in the Life of a Hong Kong Protester
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August 4, 2019
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5:52Now PlayingMeet 22-year-old Rachel, one of the many faceless faces of the Hong Kong protests. Instead of going shopping or to karaoke like she normally would during her summer break, she's now spending her time, money and energy on the city's mass demonstrations.
From morning to late in the evening, we follow her preparing for the protests, marching and later being confronted with riot police and tear gas. She wears a face mask the entire day, which has become key in this protest in maintaining anonymity.
Hong Kong's despair runs deeper than protests. Tensions have heightened after weeks of demonstrations.
Her concerns underscore the challenges facing Hong Kong's government and its backers in Beijing as they try to quell the former British colony's worst political crisis since the 1997 handover. While the demonstrations began as a fight over a controversial extradition bill, they’ve morphed into an expression of deeper anxieties that have the potential to linger indefinitely.
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