HONG KONG-CHINA-POLITICS-DEMOCRACY

HONG KONG-CHINA-POLITICS-DEMOCRACY

A man who said his three children couldn’t go to school because of road blockages brought on my the occupy movement walks in protest on top of a pedestrian bridge in Hong Kong on October 5, 2014. A deadline for pro-democracy demonstrators to clear Hong Kong’s streets fast approached on October 5, but the government said the door to dialogue was open after its Beijing-backed leader claimed the disorder now risked “serious consequences” for public safety. AFP PHOTO /AARON TAM