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In Chinese shadow, Hong Kong fights for its future

By KELVIN CHANJACK CHANG
Published July 26, 2014 3:53pm ET
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In Chinese shadow, Hong Kong fights for its future
A star ferry sails across the 28-story, Chinese People's Liberation Army Forces Hong Kong Building, center, at the Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor Thursday, July 17, 2014. As skyscrapers around Hong Kong harbor shot out laser beams and turned themselves into giant digital displays in their synchronized nightly light show, one innocuous 28-story building at the water’s edge had stayed dark for months, clad in bamboo scaffolding for a facelift. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) | Kin Cheung

HONG KONG (AP) — As skyscrapers around Hong Kong harbor erupted into a reverie of laser beams and giant digital displays during their synchronized nightly light show, one innocuous 28-story building near the water’s edge had stayed dark for months, clad in bamboo scaffolding for a face-lift.

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