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Taking over a Hong Kong street for pleasure, not protest

Published Mon, Oct 10, 2016 · 09:50 PM

Hong Kong

AS Dennis Wu sat with hundreds of people in the middle of a busy Hong Kong street recently, the scene felt to him like the pro-democracy protests of 2014 all over again.

Except that Mr Wu, an 18-year-old student, and those around him were not looking over their shoulders, worried about a police crackdown. This time they were taking part in a car-free experiment in Hong Kong's Central district, where the protests erupted two years ago and blockaded the area from traffic for weeks.

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