Hong Kong Leader Tells Residents to Be More Like Sheep

Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader has called on the city's residents, who staged mass pro-democracy protests last year, to be more like sheep in 2015. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying made the comments Wednesday in an address to mark the year of the sheep. "Sheep are widely seen to be mild and gentle animals living peacefully in groups," said Leung, who is nicknamed "The Wolf" by his opponents. "Last year was no easy ride for Hong Kong. Our society was rife...

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