benny ti tinge, the professor of law who assistanted facilitate occupy central finally contacted us.> hi. >> hi. nice the meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> the umbrella revolution may not have achieved its ultimate goal. but he believes it was a major step forward for hong kong's democratization and he feels nothing but gratitude to the students who stood up. >> it's 3:00 p.m., and the protesters leave victoria park for the 2015 march. according to the organizers, 48,000 people took part, under a tenth of last year. but despite the low numbers, there were some new participants out as well. >> the cheung family are out too, distributing flyers. >> agnes chow from scholarism is there, too. >> pursuing true democracy in communist china is is a far from easy task. but that won't deter the people of hong kong from seeking to chart their own course for the future. >>> glad to have you with us on this edition of "newsline". it's thursday, november 26th. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> russia is continuing to hammer turkey. one of the pilots was shot dead by insurgents in the area. rus