Few hopes of success seen in Hong Kong protesters' talks with officials
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Hong Kong officials and student leaders will hold talks to try to end pro-democracy protests gripping the southern Chinese city for more than three weeks, though chances of success are slim given vast differences between the two sides.
The city's Beijing-backed leader won't be attending Tuesday evening's discussions.
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has reaffirmed his position that China's communist leaders won't allow Hong Kong citizens to openly nominate candidates for inaugural elections in 2017 to succeed him.
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In comments to some foreign media, he said allowing full democracy in the Asian business hub would give the poor too much of a say.
Leung's comments underline how the protests have been fuelled by discontent among the young over soaring inequality in the former British colony.