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Demonstrations in Hong Kong, which began as opposed to criminal extradition legislation, have been running for 11 weeks now, crying for democracy and direct elections. Yesterday (18th) took place on a large scale, and unlike before, it was difficult to find protective equipment such as masks and gas masks. Demonstrators held a non-violent peace demonstration in the hands of the children last weekend, refusing to give force to crackdown on Chinese troops and police, which were held every 10 minutes.

Reporter Chung Dong-yeon reports in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong citizens gathered in downtown Hong Kong, calling for democracy.

[Free to Hong Kong! Democracy in Hong Kong!]

It started with the withdrawal of criminal extradition legislation, but now more fundamental needs are expressed.

[Hong Kong citizens: demand democratic vote. We would like to vote for our representative through our vote.]

It doesn't matter if the Chinese central government warns of direct intervention.

[Hong Kong citizen: Chinese army can come. If they come here we can go somewhere else for a while. Nobody is afraid of it. It's just a threat. I do not worry.]

Police put down the police line and tightly controlled the protesters to prevent them from marching in Victoria Park.

Protesters who marched after the rally took a sporadic march through downtown Hong Kong, unlike previous marches.

The organizers say 1.7 million Hong Kong citizens attended the demonstration.

Late at night, some demonstrators threw trash cans at police cars and police fired back and shot rubber bullets, but there were no serious crashes.

Unexpectedly, the protests ended without a great deal of conflict.