Joshua Wong urges G-20 to press Xi over Hong Kong protests

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There is "no doubt” that G-20 leaders “should realize how democracy and rule of law guarantee economic freedom," Joshua Wong Chi-fung told the Nikkei Asian Review in an interview on Thursday. (photo by Ken Kobayashi)

DEAN NAPOLITANO, Nikkei Asian Review deputy editor, and KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asian Review chief business news correspondent

June 20, 2019 21:38 JST

HONG KONG -- Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung urged global leaders at next week's Group of 20 summit to counter China's president over the use of rubber bullets and tear gas by police in recent clashes with protesters in Hong Kong.