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    A song of hope in Hong Kong

    by Robyn Dixon and Marcus Yam, Los Angeles Times Sep 14, 2019 5 minutes

    HONG KONG - It began with a few notes of warbling violin. A man with a harmonica and a backward baseball cap joined in. And then hundreds of voices joined in song Friday at Hong Kong's Science Park, in one of the dozens of singing sessions belting out across the city.

    But it was not just any song.

    The composition, "Glory to Hong Kong," written only three weeks ago by a composer identified only as "Thomas dgx yhl," has ignited Hong Kong's protest movement.

    People, including the elderly and families with children, crowded into shopping malls across the city Friday, spontaneously singing the protest anthem that everyone suddenly seems to know by heart. Angus Wong, age 6, was at one mall with his parents, singing along, or trying to.

    Some shed tears as they

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