Demonstrators have been protesting China’s plan for Hong Kong’s 2017 elections.
The elections will be less democratic than Beijing had earlier promised. On September 24, the student-led pro-democracy protesters moved to Hong Kong’s financial district, Central.
PHOTOS: In words and actions, Hong Kong protesters show determination: http://t.co/jR2rFW68eK
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 31, 2014
UPDATE: Fake democracy they call it, and it is: voters can chose between a number of Government vetted parties, like in Iran. Which again goes to show: there's more to self government than a ballot box.