- Title: Lennon Walls: Hong Kong protesters take lessons from Umbrella movement
- Date: 28th September 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 28, 2019) (REUTERS) PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS STICKING POSTERS ON WALL VARIOUS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTER PASTING POSTERS VARIOUS OF SOCIAL WORKER, KNOWN AS BUN, WRITING ON POST-IT NOTES (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) SOCIAL WORKER, BUN, SAYING: "After four, five years in Hong Kong but it's almost like we are repeating what we have been doing - from democracy, freedom to politics - it's as if nothing had changed, instead it is making more people to march on the streets to gather and voice their demand, therefore I think today is a special day that all Hong Kong people needs to remember and need to reflect." VARIOUS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY HONG KONG RESIDENT JACKIE WONG WRITING ON POST-IT NOTES (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRO-DEMOCRACY HONG KONG RESIDENT, JACKIE WONG, SAYING: "I grew up in the city, it has been a very difficult journey, the last couple of years especially, since 2014. I would say it was not an end, where a lot of people were disappointed with the results because they don't feel like there were any (changes). This time around I feel like those who were involved in 2014 (Umbrella movement) we've learnt a lot and that's why currently it can continue to sustain for so long." PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS PASTING POSTERS AT LENNON WALL NEXT TO MAJOR ROAD VARIOUS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS PASTING POSTERS ON SIDEWALK VARIOUS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTER PASTING POSTERS IN VICTORIA PARK (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) PROTESTER, PETER CHAN, SAYING: "This time, there are many secondary school students, who are only teenagers, joining the movement. They woke me up. I didn't join the mass protest before. After I saw these young people speaking up for middle-aged people, I feel ashamed, I feel ashamed." VARIOUS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS POSTING POSTERS ON THE SIDE OF ESCALATOR VARIOUS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS POSTING POSTERS ON PATHWAY IN PARK PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES OF THE POSTERS VARIOUS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS POSTING POSTERS THAT FORM A PHOTO OF BLACK-CLAD PROTESTERS
- Embargoed: 12th October 2019 13:12
- Keywords: Hong Kong China protests Lennon Wall
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001AYKL7BB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hong Kong protesters recreated so-called Lennon Walls throughout the city on Saturday (September 28) as they marked five years since the start of the 'Umbrella' democracy movement.
The Lennon Walls are large mosaics of Post-it notes calling for democracy which have cropped up in underpasses, under footbridges, outside shopping centres, at bus stops and universities and elsewhere across the territory. Some had been torn down by pro-Beijing activists.
The student-led Umbrella protests gridlocked the city for 79 days in 2014 but failed to wrest concessions from Beijing.
Now, protesters are angry about what they see as creeping Chinese interference in Hong Kong, which returned to China in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" formula intended to guarantee freedoms that are not enjoyed on the mainland.
China vehemently denies meddling. It has accused foreign governments, including the United States and Britain, of inciting the unrest.
A series of pro- and anti-Beijing protests is planned for the Chinese-ruled city ahead of the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China on Tuesday (October 1).
The gatherings will include a rally near government offices, a march on Hong Kong island and a some flash mob events to commemorate the Chinese national day.
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