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Hong Kong's Crusade Against the Philippines

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Philip Bowring
Oct 11, 2013
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Three and half years ago, eight Hong Kong tourists in Manila were killed when a gunman hijacked their bus and eventually opened fire before himself being killed. The Manila police had attempted a rescue operation but badly bungled it.

Since then there has been a constant drum roll of demands in Hong Kong for President Benigno S. Aquino III to apologize p…

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