HONG KONG-CHINA-POLITICS-DEMOCRACY

HONG KONG-CHINA-POLITICS-DEMOCRACY

In this picture taken on June 22, 2014, voters cast their ballots at a polling station in an unofficial referendum in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s leader hit back on June 22, 2014 at Chinese criticism of an unofficial democracy poll in the city, stepping back from his previously hawkish stance after more than 700,000 people voted. AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez