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'We're all family now': Protesters Gather for Free Christmas Dinner in Hong
Kong

Reuters

   HONG KONG - Hundreds of anti-government protesters and their supporters
   gathered outside a tiny restaurant in Hong Kong for an unconventional
   Christmas dinner, sharing paper plates piled high with food under neon
   street signs.

   "Hong Kongers are more united this Christmas (than) in previous years,"
   said Glory, the 31-year-old owner of Kwong Wing Catering, as he dished
   out noodles, fried chicken, and pasta from silver trays.

   "Actually there is no Christmas atmosphere (this year), but there is a
   strong sense of unity," he said. All of the food on offer Wednesday was
   free and prepared by the restaurant or donated by several sponsors.

   Outside the eatery, hundreds of customers, many of them off-duty
   protesters, waited in line as tourists and other shoppers crowded the
   popular Tsim Sha Tsui area.