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TWO. MILLION. PEOPLE. TOOK TO THE STREETS TODAY. This is the single largest protest ever in #HongKong’s history.

“There was a nexus” between Kim and the CIA, the source told the paper.

At the height of the protests more than one million students and workers occupied the square. Ultimately, the government declared martial law and brought in troops and tanks.