HONG KONG: Hong Kong students took their anti-Beijing strike to the government headquarters on Tuesday, with hundreds gathering at the harborside complex to protest against China’s refusal to grant full democracy to the city.

Organizers said 13,000 university students massed at a northern campus on Monday to launch a week-long boycott of classes, a strong showing that breathed new life into the democracy campaign which had been stunned by Beijing’s hardline stance.

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