2014 Hong Kong protests

The 2014 Hong Kong protests, widely known as the Umbrella Movement, were a series of sit-ins and street occupations demanding genuine universal suffrage in the election of Hong Kong's chief executive. They were provoked by a decision of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, which allowed voters to choose only among candidates screened by a nominating committee. Students led the protests, with the activist Joshua Wong among their leaders, along with the Occupy Central group. After the police used tear gas, crowds filled major roads in Admiralty, Mong Kok and Causeway Bay, and demonstrators used umbrellas to shield themselves from the gas. The government made no concessions, and police cleared the sites, but the movement shaped the politics of the city and led to later protests.

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