Hong Kong Students Delay Beijing Protest, Seek Meetings
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Student pro-democracy protesters asked the city’s former leader, Tung Chee-hwa, to arrange a meeting with Chinese officials after shelving a plan to take their complaints direct to Beijing during a summit attended by world leaders including President Barack Obama.
The Hong Kong Federation of Students hopes the talks will help resolve an impasse over electoral reforms that has led to six weeks of protests. Students want China to reconsider its decision to vet candidates for the city’s 2017 leadership election, the federation said in an open letter on its Facebook page yesterday. The group said it hopes Tung will reply by tomorrow.