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TIL that during the 2022 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, the 2022 Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship and the 2023 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships a Song created "to boost protesters' morale" was played instead of Hong Kong's actual national anthem

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