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Protesters march on residence of Chief Executive

2014-10-23 08:38 Global Times Web Editor: Qian Ruisha
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About 200 protesters marched to Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's residence Wednesday afternoon in protest against earlier remarks by Leung on elections.

The march was organized following Tuesday night's television talks between the Hong Kong government and the student representatives, in which the government offered to submit a report to the State Council's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office.

Wednesday's protesters were angry over remarks Leung made this week during an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the New York Times, in which he said more representative democracy was unacceptable.

Tian Feilong, a law professor and visiting scholar at the University of Hong Kong, said the march reflected Hong Kong's conflict between social classes.

Tian said that talks with the government were their only way to end the protests, which have been occurring for over three weeks.

"The government has shown their utmost sincerity in the talks. It's the student leaders who did not want to make any compromises," Tian noted.

He said the government should continue talks with them and other organizers in the protest.

The protest in Hong Kong also stirred up heated discussions on the Chinese mainland.

The Communist Youth League of China re-posted a poll on their official Weibo account, asking Net users which way they would express their opposition to Hong Kong celebrities who supported the protests.

The poll had attracted 114,541 votes as of press time. Most respondents voted to ban the celebrities from performing or broadcasting on the Chinese mainland.

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