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August 22, 2019
Volume 89 • Number 33
ALL EYES
ON HONG KONG
Factions face off
in Chinatown
Page 4
PHOTO BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELL-DOMENECH
Protesters in Chinatown Saturday covered their right eyes in what
has become a symbol of the Hong Kong democracy movement.
Speaker Corey Johnson tries Chelsea Green park’s new slide. Page 16
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