Police remove a sofa as they clear an area, previously blocked by pro-democracy supporters, near the government headquarters building at the financial Central district in Hong Kong

Police remove a sofa as they clear an area, previously blocked by pro-democracy supporters, near the government headquarters building at the financial Central district in Hong Kong, December 11, 2014. Hong Kong authorities started to clear the main pro-democracy protest site near the heart of the financial centre on Thursday, marking an end to more than two months of street demonstrations that have choked parts of the Chinese-controlled city. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA – Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS)