Tensions remained high in Hong
Kong Friday where students occupied the centre of the metropolis
and kept their defences up pending promised talks with the
government.
The young democracy demonstrators scuffled with police, who
reappeared Thursday night shortly before Chief Executive
Chun-ying Leung announced overtures towards dialogue while
insisting he would not step down.
The People's Daily, organ of the Chinese Communist Party,
said the protests were not "legal nor reasonable" and their
movement was "destined for defeat.
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