HONG KONG — A blazing sun was melting the Rev. Chu Yiu-ming’s brow as he worked the pavement outside a subway stop in Hong Kong, but the 70-year-old Baptist minister just kept refreshing his grin and pressing fliers into the palms of passers-by.

“United We Stand! Say No to Fake Democracy!” blared the headline on the blue-and-white handouts.

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