Protesters look their phones as they block the entrance to the offices of Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in Hong Kong, Oct. 2, 2014.
Leung Chun-ying, commonly known as CY Leung, chief executive of Hong Kong, appointed July 1, 2012. (screen grab from Channel 4, UK television, Oct. 2, 2014)
Protesters try to block an avenue outside the offices of Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in Hong Kong, Oct. 2, 2014.
A woman looks at notes left by pro-democracy protesters on a footbridge in Hong Kong, Oct. 2, 2014.
Activists in support of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong protest in front of the Chinese Consular office in Makati city, metro Manila, Oct. 2, 2014.
Police officers, seen behind yellow ribbons representing "universal suffrage", guard the entrance of the government headquarters building as protesters block the surrounding streets in Hong Kong, Oct. 2, 2014.
Micha Benoliel, CEO and co-founder of Open Garden, takes a picture on a main road that pro-democracy protesters have blocked at the Central financial district in Hong Kong, Oct. 2, 2014.
A student writes a message of support for the pro-democracy demonstrations and sticks it onto a wall in Hong Kong, Oct. 2, 2014.
Police officers try to remove a protester from the entrance to Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying offices next to the government headquarters building in Hong Kong, Oct. 2, 2014.
A protester sleeps under an umbrella on a street outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong, Oct. 2, 2014.
Demonstrators hold umbrellas in support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement at Times Square in New York, Oct. 1, 2014.
Protesters try to block an avenue with metal fences outside the offices of Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in Hong Kong, Oct. 2, 2014.