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HONG KONG — When Sam Cheung Ho Sum went out to protest on Sunday, he wasn’t sure if many Hong Kongers would show up for the demonstration against the government’s delay of the 2020 election for the Legislative Council.Thousands of people did turn out, but public health orders — and a massive presence of riot police — kept the crowds from effectively pushing their demands.Like many in the streets, Cheung, one of the new young progressives who’d been poised to win a council seat, went to the downtown protest site alone, because law enforcement forbid public gatherings of more than...
