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Opinion: The Importance of Edward Snowden

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Jun 30, 2013
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On July 4, the citizens of the United States will celebrate the publication, 237 years ago, of the Declaration of Independence, which marked the beginning of the American Revolution and the break with England. It contains these words, which are as important to those of us in Hong Kong as they are those in Pocatello, Idaho:

"We hold these truths to be …

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