Students push for action in HK democracy battle

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s student activists have become local celebrities, thanks to televised confrontations with officials as they demand reform—but their frustration with the city’s wider democracy movement is growing over fears of com–promise with Beijing.

Public discontent in Hong Kong is at its highest for years, with heightened concern over perceived interference from China, notably Beijing’s insistence that it vet candidates before the vote for the city’s next leader in 2017.