Hong Kong leader defies students’ calls to stand down
Instead, chief executive Leung Chun-ying offered talks to defuse a week of massive street demonstrations which are the biggest challenge to Beijing’s authority since China took control of the former British colony in 1997.
Student leaders of the protests did not immediately respond to his announcement. A wider pro-democracy group that joined the mass protests, Occupy Central, welcomed the talks offer but insisted that Leung still should resign.
