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Marching for Democracy in Hong Kong

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/world-report/2014/07/02/us-supports-pro-democracy-march-in-hong-kong-but-where-is-the-uk

International support is key to offsetting Beijing's displeasure.

As many as half a million Hong Kong residents marched on the city July 1 for democracy and in anger against the Chinese central government in Beijing. Held each year on the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from British to Chinese control, this year's march was called the biggest in a decade, and follows an unofficial referendum on electoral reform organized by the pro-democracy group Occupy Central in which 800,000 Hong Kong voters participated, dismissed by Beijing as illegal and invalid...