In Hong Kong, student protesters have agreed to begin talks with government officials on Friday after more than a week of pro-democracy demonstrations. Tens of thousands have flooded the streets in opposition to China’s plan to select candidates for Hong Kong’s 2017 elections. The protests have wound down in recent days, but student leader Lester Shum said they could resume if the talks fail.
Lester Shum: “We are stating here that we sincerely hope that or urge Carrie Lam to face this political problem directly in a political dialogue on Friday. If Miss Carrie Lam or other Hong Kong officials still insist that they will not respond or they will not try to solve the political problem, we may consider to end the political dialogue.”
The protests mark Hong Kong’s biggest political unrest in decades and one of China’s biggest political challenges since the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in 1989.
