HK gov’t cancels talks, says students ‘undermined’ it

A day before talks that both camps had hoped would end the protests that have paralyzed the country’s financial hub, the Hong Kong’s government backed out. Chief Secretary Carrie Lam said protest leaders had “undermined” the basis of the “constructive dialogue” after they vowed to ratchet up their occupation of key city streets if they failed to win concessions from the government. The demonstrators have called for Beijing to grant the former British colony full democracy and for the city’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to resign.

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