What do protests in Hong Kong and Barcelona have in common? | DW News

In Spain, mass protests gripping the Catalan capital Barcelona are being compared to the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, as uproar over the jailing of independence leaders sweeps through Catalonia. A general strike by pro-independence unions has brought much of the area to a halt. Flights have been cancelled and road and rail links disrupted. DW's Cherie Chan discusses what the movements in Hong Kong and Catalonia have learned from each other.
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