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Umbrella Movement, 2014
Mass protests demanded genuine democratic reform after Beijing proposed a constrained electoral framework.
What happened
The 2014 Umbrella Movement arose after Beijing proposed limiting Hong Kong's promised universal suffrage to pre-screened candidates.[1]
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Claim: The 2014 Umbrella Movement was a mass protest movement, named for demonstrators' use of umbrellas against police measures, that arose after Beijing proposed a framework limiting Hong Kong's promised universal suffrage to a pre-screened slate of candidates; demonstrators demanded genuine democratic electoral reform rather than the constrained arrangement offered.
- Hong Kong's Freedoms: What China Promised and How It's Cracking Down (Council on Foreign Relations) link, 2014 Umbrella Movement section. Source record