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As crowds dwindled on the second week of protests in Hong Kong, representatives of #OccupyCentral agreed to hold formal talks with government. Students however made it clear talks would be cancelled if the remaining demonstrators were swept off the streets by force. The BBC reported that a hard-core group still remains on the barricades Monday evening and that protesters, partly out of exhaustion, have decided to take what appears to be a “strategic, possibly temporary retreat.” Demonstrators are protesting China’s plans to pre-approve candidates in the 2017 direct elections for Hong Kong’s chief executive.
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