Schoolgirl Protester Risks Future for Hong Kong Democracy Fight
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Student, athlete, skater-girl, cat person. At 17, Christy is a typical teenager. Until two months ago, the most pressing question on her mind was what to study at college: engineering or physiotherapy?
Now, she’s juggling classes with stints manning barricades in Hong Kong, bracing for an anticipated sweep by police to clear student-led protesters camped out on major roads for eight weeks to demand greater democracy. Christy rushes to the protest site after school, where she does her homework and sometimes sleeps over in a tent, wrinkling her uniform.