Pro-Hong Kong protesters gather outside the White House Over a hundred people gather in support of the ongoing pro-Democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong at Lafayette Square, outside the White House in Washington, DC.\\n\\nUnder a deal signed with Britain, authoritarian China agreed to allow Hong Kong to keep its unique freedoms when it was handed back in 1997. But many Hong Kongers feel those freedoms are being chipped away, especially since China's hardline president Xi Jinping came to power.\\n IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES