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HONG KONG Thousands of people of all ages flocked back into the streets of Hong Kong on Friday evening as the governments decision to pull out of talks breathed new life into the pro-democracy movement.
Crowds at the protest sites in the city had been dwindling this week, but speakers said the government had miscalculated if it thought the popular desire for democracy was waning.
From a makeshift stage, students and other protest leaders were joined by volunteers, doctors, housewives, lawmakers and academics in expressing support for the movement and vowing to continue the struggle until the Hong Kong government responds to their demands for democracy.
But the loudest cheers of the night were reserved for Joshua Wong, the slight and bespectacled student leader who celebrates his 18th birthday Monday and urged supporters to bring their tents, mattresses, mats and sleeping bags, to fill up every inch of the protest site in central Hong Kong and prepare for a long-term occupation.
This is our only choice if the government blocks the conversation. We are tired but we dont want to lose, he said in Cantonese, before leading the crowd in an English chant of Democracy now, democracy in Hong Kong, we will never give up.
Hong Kong protests have simmered, but students are calling for more demonstrations in response to the government calling off talks. (Reuters)
Throughout the three-hour rally, speakers and the crowd chanted Stay on the streets until the end, Fight on and Protect Hong Kong.
Hong Kongs determination has created one historic moment after another, Wong said, demanding that the government apologize for using tear gas at the start of the protests, and threatening to expand the protests if the authorities do not come to the negotiating table.
Above the stage, banners demanded that Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying step down, called for democracy and justice, warned Taiwan to beware of China, and quoted the lyrics from a local pop song imploring people to hold tight to freedom amid the wind and rain.
In Washington, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China said the United States should boost support for democracy in Hong Kong. Beijing responded by saying this was sending the wrong message to demonstrators and called the statement a deliberate attack on China.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters return to the streets
Allowing genuine universal suffrage in Hong Kong will help boost Taiwan-China (CNGDPYOY) relations, the islands President Ma Ying-jeou said, endorsing the pro-democracy demonstrations in the former British colony.
Now is the most appropriate time for mainland China to move toward constitutional democracy, Ma said today in a speech to mark National Day at a ceremony in front of the presidential building in Taipei.
Learning from former Chinese leader Deng Xiaopings reform pledge 30 years ago of letting some people get rich first, China can let Hong Kong people have democracy first, Ma said. Protesters blocking miles of roads in the city plan a rally tonight after Leung Chun-yings government called off talks aimed at ending the two-week standoff.
Hong Kong's Autonomy
Taipei-Beijing relations have been at their warmest in more than six decades since Ma, who took office in 2008, moved away from the independence-leaning policies of his predecessor Chen Shui-bian. The 1992 Consensus of one China, respective interpretations, has been the foundation of the past six years of peaceful cross-strait ties, he said. We have stood firm and consistent on this stance, said Ma, who is serving his second and final term ending 2016.
Ma said Taiwanese people are willing to share their experience of democracy with China, Hong Kong, and Macau. With Chinese people becoming moderately wealthy, they will wish to enjoy greater democracy and rule of law, he said.
Such a desire has never been a monopoly of the West, but is the right of all humankind, Ma said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Adela Lin in Taipei at alin95@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Rosalind Mathieson at rmathieson3@bloomberg.net Andrew Davis, Greg Ahlstrand
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