Supporters of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement line city streets, inspired by a human chain in a historic Baltic states protest against Soviet control 30 years ago
Protesters hold hands to form a human chain during a rally to call for political reforms in Hong Kong, China, on August 23, 2019.
The human chain is the latest creative demonstration in nearly three months of rolling protests which have tipped Hong Kong into an unprecedented political crisis. "By doing this, we are showing people around the world the high quality of Hong Kongers. What people did 3 0 years ago, we can also do," said Cat Law, a logistic worker in her 60s.The Baltic Way was one of the largest ever anti-Soviet demonstrations, when more than one million people linked hands to form a human chain spanning over 600 kilometres on August 23, 1989.
Yet Hong Kong remains a city divided. Anger against the government and police runs deep among protesters who are exhausted after months on the street but still conducting near daily actions.
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