Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying attended the flag-raising ceremony Wednesday to mark China's National Day after refusing to meet pro-democracy demonstrators despite their threats to expand the street protests that have posed the stiffest challenge to Beijing's authority since China took control of the former British colony in 1997
Hong Kong Developments - Wednesday, October 1, 2014

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(From left) Zhang Xiaoming, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong, former Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, and Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying sing the national anthem during a flag-raising ceremo

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Singers perform in front of Hong Kong and China flags during a reception following a flag-raising ceremony celebrating the 65th anniversary of China National Day in Hong Kong, Oct. 1, 2014 .

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A red cross sign is seen at a first aid station set up by protesters outside a luxury shop along a main street at Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district, Oct. 1, 2014.