HONG KONG-CHINA-POLITICS-DEMOCRACY

HONG KONG-CHINA-POLITICS-DEMOCRACY

Pro-democracy protest leaders (L-R) Yvonne Leung, Eason Chung, Nathan Law, Alex Chow, Lester Shum and Nathan Law (partially covered) sit down for talks with Hong Kong authorities, aimed at ending weeks of rallies, on the same day the city’s leader ruled out democratic reforms, in Hong Kong on October 21, 2014. The crucial talks began just hours after Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying said open elections would result in the largest sector of society — the city’s poor — dominating the electoral process, adding that free elections were impossible. AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez