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A small Vancouver bookshop-gallery is holding a tribute to Hong Kong’s illustrators, graphic artists and photographers for their involvement in the protests that galvanized the city and captured the attention of the world.

The tribute includes some of the leaflets, flyers, posters and zines about the protests that have been collected by Ranee Ng, a 31-year-old artist from Hong Kong.

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They offer a fascinating first-hand sense of how people in Hong Kong have been communicating and organizing protest efforts.

There are some notices encouraging attendance at rallies that are printed with Chinese characters in cheery colours against a background of large lotus flowers that are more appealing for the older generation, said Ng.

These are different in feel than the tension-filled posters with Chinese characters in red calling for “No Extradition to China” alongside black and white illustrations of large marching crowds, masked protesters and the face of unpopular Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam.