BBC News - Who are Hong Kong’s protesters?
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Tensions are high in Hong Kong amid a row about how the city’s leader should be elected, with thousands taking to the streets in defiance of tear gas and government warnings.
Elections are due in 2017 - but the Chinese government has issued a ruling limiting who can stand as a candidate. Campaigns by students and pro-democracy activists ballooned into mass protests over the weekend. The demonstrations have been denounced by China. The BBC explains what is happening.
Who are the protesters?
At the heart of it is a civil disobedience movement launched by democracy activists, Occupy Central with Love and Peace, known as Occupy Central. It had been promising protests for months if Beijing’s movement on electoral reform did not go far enough.