China s electoral reform earthquake set to upend Hong Kong politics reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Hong Kong’s electoral reform: is this the end of confrontational opposition, and who decides what’s a patriot? Tony Cheung tony.cheung@scmp.com The concept of ‘patriots governing Hong Kong’ has gained currency and momentum in recent months. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
China s political elite will gather in Beijing this week for the year s biggest legislative set piece facing a number of major political challenges, including the aftermath of the coronavirus and the ongoing rivalry with the United States. In this instalment of a series, Tony Cheung explores the agenda for Hong Kong - sweeping electoral reforms to ensure only patriots can govern city .
Defiant protesters rally in Hong Kong
STILL FIGHTING: Not only did participants risk arrest by attending an illegal rally, some chanted the banned slogan ‘Liberate Hong Kong. Revolution of our time’
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Defiant Hong Kongers yesterday risked arrest outside a local court in the biggest demonstration in months, as dozens of the territory’s most prominent democracy advocates were jailed on subversion charges and authorities in Beijing moved to limit the opposition’s role in future elections.
The arrests of 47 opposition figures including key protest organizers Joshua Wong (黃之鋒), Benny Tai (戴耀廷) and Jimmy Sham (岑子傑) over their roles in an informal election primary last year represented the most sweeping use of a national security law imposed by China.
Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, tells seminar in Shenzhen that ‘patriots governing Hong Kong’ is paramount to the future of ‘one country, two systems’.
HK representatives mull over scrapping powers of district councillors straitstimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from straitstimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.