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Young Demonstrators in Hong Kong

Pro-democracy activists took their fight Thursday to the doorstep of Hong Kong's chief executive, sitting down outside his office gates to express their dissatisfaction with him and the central government in Beijing.

Some demonstrators say the final action if they still couldn’t get a normal and acceptable response, could be occupying the inside of government buildings. It would be a drastic move, but one protest leader says it might be necessary to get officials' attention and bring change.

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In some minds, this confrontation has been brewing ever since Hong Kong transitioned in 1997 from British to Chinese control.
But tensions have risen after a late August decision giving Beijing control over the slate of Hong Kong chief executive candidates in 2017. Current Chief Executive C.Y. Leung says that year's election is good for citizens, because it will let the city's 5 million eligible
voters pick a winner, rather than a 1,200-member committee stacked with Beijing loyalists that chose past leaders.

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Strong sentiments on the other side have spilled in recent days into large-scale, peaceful civil disobedience on the streets of the Asian financial hub. It's all been dubbed the "Umbrella Revolution," after umbrellas became symbols of the movement when they were used to shield against police tear gas and pepper spray on Sunday.

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Huge crowds have called for true "universal suffrage" -- which is not just one vote per person, but no restrictions on candidates -- and more generally called out Beijing for what they claim is it’s encroaching control on Hong Kong.

And they've also demanded Leung's resignation, accusing of him of siding with China's central government rather than the people of Hong Kong.That's why a few hundred students have moved from the main protest location to the Leung's office.