HONG KONG - More than a thousand people attended a rally in Hong Kong on Sunday to urge people and governments abroad to support the city’s pro-democracy movement and oppose China’s ruling Communist Party. Months of anti-government protests in Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous Chinese territory, have driven home to many in Taiwan the contrast between their democratically governed island and authoritarian mainland China. “So if we want to have democracy like them, we need to fight hard and to continue our fight with the Communist Party.”A former British colony, Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997. A 20-year-old student at the rally with the surname Lee said Hong Kong citizens should have the right to choose their leader. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...“The current chief executive (Carrie Lam) is not elected by all Hong Kong citizens,“ Lee said.

Source: thestar January 12, 2020 09:50 UTC