Demonstrators hold signs that say the students support peace as they gather outside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre during the Chinese National Day flag raising ceremony in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Hong Kongs Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying faces a deadline to respond to demands for his resignation and for free elections in the city as pro-democracy protests in the city entered a sixth day. Photographer: Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg via Getty Images