Hong Kong Students Threaten Mass Pro-Democracy Protests

A group of Hong Kong students say they will support a mass civil disobedience movement to occupy the central business district next year unless the government issues a plan to consult the public on expanding voting rights. More than 700 students from Hong Kong’s seven universities and colleges gathered Sunday to discuss the issue and their willingness to stage protests. Since the handover of Hong Kong’s sovereignty from Britain to China in 1997, many citizens and pro-democracy groups have ...

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