Residents of Hong Kong are coming out en masse,
demanding democracy:
The mass sit-in — and for hardier participants, sleep-in — in several of Hong Kong’s key commercial districts has presented the Chinese leadership with one of its biggest and most unexpected challenges in years. The protesters are demanding the right to elect the city’s leader, or chief executive, without procedural hurdles that would ensure that only Beijing’s favored candidates get on the ballot.
Just how massive are protests in Hong Kong? Check out this amazing
drone footage of the crowds: