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 | Legislative Councillor and Democratic Party member Martin Lee (2nd row, 2nd R) poses with students in library at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, southern China, September 26, 2005. A handful of die-hard pro-democracy lawmakers from Hong Kong crossed into mainland China on Sunday for the first time since being barred for criticising Beijing after the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989. The Chinese government invited the city's entire 60-member Legislative Council as a goodwill gesture as Beijing-backed Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang is preparing to unveil political reforms that have drawn criticism from some democrats. click to open  |  | Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, scratching head, and other legislators visit Guangzhou Honda Auto company in Guangzhou, Southern China's city, Monday, Sept. 26, 2005. Tsang and legislators are scheduled to meet with Guangdong officials and dine with them during the two days trip, the two-day itinerary is dominated by sightseeing and company visits. On Sunday alone, the lawmakers are hitting three cities: Shenzhen, Dongguan and Guangzhou. click to open |  | Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, center, poses with Hong Kong students who study in China in a library of Zhongshan University in southern China's city of Guangzhou, Monday, Sept. 26, 2005. Visiting Hong Kong lawmakers badgered a top Chinese official about Beijing's bloody crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, shouted pro-democracy slogans, complained about the pollution and went to church in an officially atheist state. The lawmakers' historic trip to China's southern Guangdong province winded down Monday. click to open |  | Members of Hong Kong Legislative Council, from second left, Philip Wong, Chan Yuen Han, Cheng Man Kwong, Democratic Party members Cheung Man-kwong, Democratic Party chairman Lee Wing Tat and Vincent Fang Kang wave from a tour bus in China's southern city of Zhongshan, Monday, Sept. 26, 2005. Visiting Hong Kong lawmakers badgered a top Chinese official about Beijing's bloody crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, shouted pro-democracy slogans, complained about the pollution and went to church in an officially atheist state. The lawmakers' historic trip to China's southern Guangdong province winded down Monday. click to open |  | Democratic Party's lawmaker Martin Lee, center left, and legislative councilor Lau Chin-shek, center right, talk with university students wearing activity uniform at Zhongshan University in southern China's city of Guangzhou, Monday, Sept. 26, 2005. Visiting Hong Kong lawmakers badgered a top Chinese official about Beijing's bloody crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, shouted pro-democracy slogans, complained about the pollution and went to church in an officially atheist state. The lawmakers' historic trip to China's southern Guangdong province winded down Monday. click to open |  | Democratic Party member Martin Lee, right, and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, center, talk to a priest after morning service at a Church in Guangzhou, Southern China Monday, Sept. 26, 2005. Visiting Hong Kong lawmakers badgered a top Chinese official about Beijing's bloody crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, shouted pro-democracy slogans, complained about the pollution and went to church in an officially atheist state. click to open |  | Hong Kong Legislative Councillor Leung Kwok-hung is surrounded by police officers at White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou September 25, 2005. Leung had worn a T-shirt with the Chinese words, 'People will not forget', referring to the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989. A handful of die-hard pro-democracy lawmakers from Hong Kong crossed into mainland China on Sunday for the first time since being barred for criticising Beijing after the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989. The Chinese government invited the city's entire 60-member Legislative Council as a goodwill gesture as Beijing-backed Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang is preparing to unveil political reforms that have drawn criticism from some democrats. click to open |
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