Protesters raises a placard with a deface picture of Hong Kong&#039;s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying outside a flag-raising ceremony where Hong Kong&#039;s embattled leader attended in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, to mark China&#039;s National Day. Leung attended the flag-raising ceremony Wednesday to mark China&#039;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&#039;s authority since China took control of the former British colony in 1997. The Chinese words read &quot; Step Down &quot; (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)