The five demands: 1. Withdraw the bill - which finally did happen, after much stalling. 2. Independent investigation of the police intervention. 3. Not class

The five demands: 1. Withdraw the bill - which finally did happen, after much stalling. 2. Independent investigation of the police intervention. 3. Not classifying the mostly peaceful protests as riots. 4. Release of the many arrested protesters. (Who could face very long prison sentences because of previous point.) 5. Democratic elections of the HK government - which seems wildly optimistic but is apparently in the HK constitution.