Pro-democracy activists win seats on Hong Kong Legislative Council
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[quote=BBC][b]A new generation of pro-democracy activists has won seats on Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo).[/b]
The young leaders want greater autonomy and changes to the way Hong Kong is governed by China. Voter turnout reached a record high of 58%.
Among those elected is Nathan Law, 23, who helped lead the "Umbrella Protests" in 2014 for self-determination.
[b]Despite the gains, China's supporters will continue to hold the majority of seats on the 70-seat council.[/b]
Mr Law expressed shock at the result, saying it showed people "wanted change".[/quote]
[url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37273238]Source[/url]
A step in the right direction for sure, even if it is a small one.
So did Beijing allow a few token pro-democracy seats to run or what?
[QUOTE=download;51003886]So did Beijing allow a few token pro-democracy seats to run or what?[/QUOTE]
Pretty much, of 70 seats only 35 are directly elected by voters. The rest are puppets to the Chinese.
[QUOTE=download;51003886]So did Beijing allow a few token pro-democracy seats to run or what?[/QUOTE]
Still better then not being represented.
[QUOTE=download;51003886]So did Beijing allow a few token pro-democracy seats to run or what?[/QUOTE]
Anyone can run, it's just that there are still some diehard Beijing fanboys here that are completely content with China dominating our legislative process etc.
Looks like 30 out of 70 seats are controlled by anti-Beijing parties, up from 27 at the last election, although it's a massively divided field of like a dozen different parties
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