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CGTN: Improving Hong Kong’s Electoral System: What’s at Stake?
March 8, 2021 GMT
BEIJING (BUSINESS WIRE) Mar 8, 2021
China is mulling improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) – but critics say it’s a plan to eliminate opposition forces in the city.
Why are improvements imperative?
When explaining the draft decision on improving the electoral system of the HKSAR to lawmakers, Wang Chen, vice chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, said the move is to prevent anti-China, destabilizing forces from seizing power, citing the months-long riots in 2019.
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