NEW YORK—Huddled under open umbrellas in the middle of Times Square, despite the day’s drizzle of rain having already concluded, several hundred people shouted in English and the Cantonese dialect of Chinese, “Hong Kong, democracy! Hong Kong, be strong!”
On Wednesday night, New Yorkers gathered in support of protesters in Hong Kong, who have occupied the city’s main thoroughfares to demand universal suffrage from the government. In an act of solidarity with the protesters, 46 cities around the world, including New York City, held events Wednesday—China’s national holiday for the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
