China Cements Hong Kong Election Restrictions

March 7, 2015 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Changes to city’s constitution introduce Hong Kong election restrictions like China’s vetting of candidates

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Beijing (dpa) – The majority of Hong Kong voters welcome a Chinese government plan for limited electoral reform, which sparked months of protests in the city last year, Hong Kong delegates to China’s parliament said Saturday. “Pro-democracy protesters and extremists are the minority,” Stanley Ng Chau-pei, chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, said…

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Changes to city’s constitution introduce Hong Kong election restrictions like China’s vetting of candidates

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