Tausende Regierungskritiker in Hongkong haben das traditionelle chinesische Mondfest genutzt, um ihren Forderungen an Peking Nachdruck zu verleihen.

Throughout the evening, thousands of activists with torches on their heads hiked up hill trails leading to the top of Lion Rock, which overlooks the sprawling skyscrapers of the city's Kowloon district, one of the most densely populated places on earth.