DHAKA: Students calling for full democracy for Chinese-ruled Hong Kong are hoping to take their protest to Communist Party rulers in Beijing and are expected to announce details of their new battle plan on Thursday.

The move signals a shift in the focus of the protests in the former British colony away from the Hong Kong government, which has said it has limited room for manoeuvre.

But China is highly unlikely to allow any known pro-democracy activists into Beijing, especially if the trip coincides with this weekend’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum in Beijing.

‘I think one of the ways we can solve this problem is to go to Beijing personally and have a direct dialogue with Beijing officials on this matter since the (Hong Kong) government claims that all decisions have to be passed up to the NPC,’ Alex Chow, leader of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS), said last week, referring to China’s Parliament, the National People’s Congress, The Straits Times publishes this report on Wednesday.

BDST: 1610 HRS, NOV 05, 2014