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Beijing on Monday, September 29, sought to wipe social media coverage of mass protests in Hong Kong by blocking photo-sharing service Instagram. Chinese state media were critical of the pro-democracy supporters who called on Beijing to honor its promise of full universal suffrage. Wanting a free choice of candidates in Hong Kong’s 2017 leadership elections, protesters who numbered about 10,000, according to estimates, flooded Hong Kong’s Central District as netizens tweeted and posted photos of chaos. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s legislature, ruled that candidates will be vetted by a pro-Beijing committee, and that only 2-3 approved nominees will be allowed. By Monday night, protesters had turned parts of Hong Kong into a massive street party, with protesters calling their mass action the “umbrella revolution.”
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