- Calling on the Chinese-controlled city's leader to resign, thousands of Hong Kong protesters marched for "full democracy" on Wednesday, just weeks after lawmakers voted down an electoral reform package backed by Communist Party leaders in Beijing.
- The crowds, closely watched by police, were thinner than a year ago when some half a million people showed up for the annual July 1 march on the anniversary of the city's return to China in 1997.
- Hong Kong's financial markets are closed today for the holiday.
- ETFs: EWH, EWHS, FCHI, FHK
- Previously: Hong Kong votes down electoral proposal (Jun. 18 2015)