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You might as well just read the Twitter thread that the article links to https://twitter.com/pinboard/status/1162711159000055808

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Scrolling through the twitter message, there is a link to this quora article, makes an enlightening read:

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-specific-examples-of-medi...

This is downvoted. Can someone explain why? That would be much more helpful for debunking the link (if it can be debunked).

I'm not sure where the Quora link comes from, and it's a bad answer because it parrots the claim that there were hundreds of thousands at a static rally at a venue than doesn't hold more than about 20,000.

Found two articles that corroborate the numbers to some extent. The police say 100k, organizers said 400k.

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1UF07P

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/08/17/oppose-violence-save-h...

The original protesters are claiming 1.7M by comparison:

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/08/18/breaking-organisers-sa...

I find all these numbers to be incomprehensible. My whole city is only about 1M. Where do so many people go to the bathroom? Serious question

Thanks.

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