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Hong Kong’s Rebel Pop Star

Denise Ho was a pop sensation but risked it all in the name of democracy

In 2014, Denise Ho was a Cantopop music sensation. After winning a major talent competition, she became one of the biggest stars in Hong Kong's music scene and beyond. But when pro-democracy protesters took to the streets that year, she joined in not only on the streets but by singing a song that became the anthem of the movement, an act that would put her career in jeopardy…

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