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Hong Kong protesters fail to halt bullet-train link from Chinese mainland

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High-speed rail opponents angry about billions of dollars in cost overruns and concerned about threats to Hong Kong's autonomy failed Friday in a final effort to halt an extension of mainland China's bullet train into the city. More than a dozen anti-rail demonstrators stormed the Legislative Council, or LegCo, and 100 or so more clamored outside as lawmakers voted to approve supplemental funding for the local section of a rail link connecting the semiautonomous Chinese territory to the mainland metropolises of Shenzhen and Guangzhou. “Stop building the high-speed rail,” chanted the protesters outside, as they scuffled with police and security guards barring their advance into...

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