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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced for Tiananmen vigil The San Diego Union-Tribune
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HONG KONG — Prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to more jail time Thursday for participating in an unauthorized vigil to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, as Hong Kong authorities exert more control over dissent in the city.

For years, Hong Kong was the only place in China where people were allowed to mark the anniversary of Beijing’s crushing of the Chinese democracy movement.…

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