Protests begin after recently elected pro-democracy leaders ejected by Chinese political intervention

China is preventing two elected pro-independence lawmakers in Hong Kong from taking their seats in the city’s legislature because they deliberately misread their oaths of office. The Hong Kong lawmakers included expletives and derogatory comments in their swearing-in ceremony last month, while displaying a “Hong Kong is Not China” flag. The National People’s Congress Standing Committee…

Hong Kong (dpa) – Police have corralled protestors and were pushing them away from a police station in Hong Kong early Monday after an hours-long standoff. Thousands of demonstrators blocked the road outside the station late Sunday, protesting Beijing’s decision to put the political fate of two young politicians to a vote. Umbrellas out, goggles on…