Hong Kong launch of Pokemon GO spotlights democracy protest landmarks

July 27, 2016

Young people thronged the streets of Hong Kong this week, keen to test Pokemon GO, a new smartphone game backed by Japan’s Nintendo, capturing monsters at sites of the city’s 2014 democracy protest, known as the Umbrella Revolution.

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Reporting by Tris Pan, Farah Master, Joyce Zhou, Yimou Lee and Sharon Shi; Editing by Clarence Fernandez

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People play ‘Pokemon Go’ on a street after the augmented reality mobile game launched in the city in Hong Kong, China, July 26, 2016.

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