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By MICHAEL FORSYTHE \u00a0SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 8:51 AM September 1, 2014 8:37 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Demonstrators against Beijing’s restrictions on elections for Hong Kong’s chief executive gathered Sunday evening near the territory’s government complex.Credit Alex Ogle\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images<\/p>\n

China\u2019s leaders are onto something. Hong Kong citizens pushing for more democracy are indeed, as People\u2019s Daily, the Chinese Communist Party newspaper, said, colluding \u201cwith external forces.\u201d At the top of the list of foreigners influencing the movement: Gandhi, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

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\nOne participant wore a T-shirt featuring the words of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Credit Michael Forsythe\/The New York Times
\nAll three of those men made their presence felt Sunday night at a harborfront park in Hong Kong, as thousands of people gathered in intermittent rain to protest a decision by China\u2019s legislature to put firm restrictions on a plan to expand the franchise to allow all adults in the territory to vote for their leader, the chief executive.<\/p>\n

The demonstrators, many of whom wore headbands emblazoned with the Chinese characters for \u201ccivil disobedience,\u201d said they drew inspiration from thinkers and practitioners of nonviolent protest, including Henry David Thoreau, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Dr. King.
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