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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Hong Kong Protests [Watch (HLS stream): Hong Kong Protests](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/02BHCLBb.m3u8) (2:28)  _Published 2014-09-28. Hong Kong Protests_ --- Jul 27, 2023 5:18 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Angela Merkel Wins Fourth Term as German Chancellor](/video/IeP7Y3DM/) ### Angela Merkel Wins Fourth Term as German Chancellor [Jeremy Corbyn Re-Elected Leader of Britain’s Labour Party](/video/xCh4Rs3A/) ### Jeremy Corbyn Re-Elected Leader of Britain’s Labour Party [Chinese President Xi Jinping](/video/4R3xVjJa/) ### Chinese President Xi Jinping --- ## Transcript This is the pretty unusual scene in Hong Kong late Saturday night. You've got demonstrators here, some of them protected with little more than umbrellas, and rain jackets, and goggles. And they are guarding a series of roads next to the government headquarters that have been occupied by. Thousands and thousands of very young demonstrators as part of a pro democracy protest. On the other other side you have, Hong Kong police, here. Not wearing helmets, not carrying shields or riot gear right now. It's peaceful for the moment. And, and this is part of the, the simmering tensions that have been growing up. Around the rules for Hong Kong's projected elections in 2017. [ FOREIGN ] Our students are, are striking for their future and a true democracy, it's vitally important for our future and also our next generation . >> We would like to show that, so, show to the government that Regarding on the injustice of the political reform civilians can still have ways to voice out their concerns. So one of the ways is to recapture the Civic Square. What's striking about this is how young many of the demonstrators are. And they are university students. High school students and in fact, one of the leaders of what started out as, as a boycott of school classes was a 17- year- old named Josh [ INAUDIBLE ] and he was, arrested on Friday night as well as scores of other demonstrators by police and that arrest seems to be what has, has galvanized, brought so many more people out. Into these streets. And as you can see, even though some of demonstrators are just teenagers, high school and university students, they have collected donations here for what is clearly turning in to a bigger sit- in. Now, the Hong Kong police, they insist that they will respect. Freedoms of expression here in Hong Kong but they've also condemned what they described as illegal acts here, bigger picture this is a, a growing confrontation between the central government and mainland China and some sectors of society here in Hong Kong who are very concerned that. 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