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Democracy could get a boost with anti-China sentiment.

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After weeks of anti-China protests, pro-democracy politicians in Hong Kong are expected to get a boost in the upcoming election this weekend. The civil discontent sparked from plans for mandatory Chinese patriotism lesson in schools, since Hong Kong is semiautonomous from the mainland and has more freedoms for the press...

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