Proposal that would have allowed election of leaders, but only from candidates vetted by Communist party hierarchy, is defeated in key vote Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong have defeated attempts to bring "fake democracy" to the former British colony by voting down a controversial Beijing-backed plan that sparked mass demonstrations in 2015. The proposal - which China insisted represented true universal suffrage - would have seen Hong Kong's five million voters granted the right to directly ...
Hong Kong parliament defies Beijing's insistence and rejects 'democracy' plan
The Guardian - 18 Jun 2015 08:07
Proposal that would have allowed election of leaders, but only from candidates vetted by Communist party hierarchy, is defeated in key vote Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong have defeated attempts to bring "fake democracy" to the former British colony by voting down a controversial Beijing-backed plan that sparked mass demonstrations in 2015. The proposal - which China insisted represented true universal suffrage - would have seen Hong Kong's five million voters granted the right to directly ...
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