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Love in a time of tear gas: Politics and romance on Hong Kong's barricades

The students have forged tight bonds over a long holiday of demonstrations

A gas mask lovingly adjusted, a hand squeezed before approaching police lines and a frantic search through swirls of tear gas -- Abby and Nick's relationship has blossomed on the barricades during Hong Kong's long summer of protest.

Most of the frontline protesters driving the months-long pro-democracy demonstrations are students -- so-called "braves" facing pepper spray, rubber bullets and arrest in defence of their city's values.

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