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Hong Kong authority representatives (L-R) Edward Yau, Rimsky Yuen, Carrie Lam, Raymond Tam and Lau Kong look on before commencing talks with pro-democracy protest leaders, 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