Are Hong Kong’s protests a very big deal

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he protests taking place in <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-police-try-and-fail-to-clear-protesters-with-tear-gas/2014/09/28/442d4918-4714-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; text-decoration: none; zoom: 1;" target="_blank">the heart of Hong Kong</a>, Asia's most prominent financial center, present what some commentators consider the <a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e1f7562a-4593-11e4-9b71-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3Ehvi2Dlc" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; text-decoration: none; zoom: 1;" target="_blank">biggest challenge to Beijing</a> since the 1989 Tiananmen protests. For two consecutive nights, protesters have massed in some of the city's busiest areas and refused to budge despite police firing multiple rounds of tear gas to disperse the crowds.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <img src="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_908w/2010-2019/Wires/Images/2014-09-29/Getty/TS-Del6356318.jpg&w=480"></div> </div>

Are Hong Kong’s protests a very big deal

he protests taking place in  the heart of Hong Kong , Asia's most prominent financial center, present what some commentators consider ...

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