Downtown Hong Kong is "absolutely packed" with protesters in defiance of CY Leung's call for the crowds to disperse, Tania Branigan reports in an audio update. The size of the crowd is a sign of Leung’s unpopularity even among pro-Beijing residents in Hong Kong, she says.
The Guardian: Hong Kong protests grow ahead of public holiday
Protestors and student demonstrators hold up their cellphones in a display of solidarity during a protest outside the headquarters of Legislative Council in Hong Kong on Sept. 29, 2014.
