Thousands of pro-democracy protesters have taken to the streets in Hong Kong, bringing the territory’s central business district to a standstill.
More than 500 protesters demanding democratic elections free of China’s influence were arrested in Hong Kong during a peaceful sit-in in the city’s business district.
About 700,000 Hong Kong citizens have voted so far in an unofficial referendum hosted by civic group Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP) on democratic electoral reform, earning the ire of communist China.
The former editor of the Ming Pao newspaper in Hong Kong is in a critical condition after being stabbed.
A Hong Kong billionaire who had offered HK $500 million (£40 million) to any man that married his gay daughter has now said that he may double that figure to HK $1 billion (£80 million).