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Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement Speaking to the media on Monday, Cheung Tak-keung of the Hong Kong police said his officers had used the “bare minimum force”.

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement Protests have focused on the financial Central district, but have also broken out in the Causeway Bay shopping district and caused a major roadblock across the bay in Mongkok.

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement One man told the AFP news agency that protesters were growing more confident: “Police don’t have enough officers to close down the districts where there are protests.”

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement However, they have started gathering momentum across other sections of society.

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement The protests were spearheaded by students and university-age activists.

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement Beijing has also warned other countries not to support the “illegal rallies”, and will hope the movement does not embolden anti-government protests elsewhere in China.

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement Beijing has declared the protests illegal, and backed the Hong Kong government’s crackdown.

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement Protesters said they wanted the current chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, to ask Beijing for genuine democracy for the territory’s voters.

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement but large numbers of protesters continued to hold their ground.

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement Some people were hospitalized

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement Police say they fired tear gas 87 times during the course of Sunday night’s protests.

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement On Sunday evening, police began starting throwing tear-gas canisters into the crowd.

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement They are demanding a free choice for candidates when they vote for the territory’s chief executive — something entirely ruled out by Beijing.

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement Protesters are angry at Beijing’s plan to vet candidates for Hong Kong’s leadership elections in 2017.

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement