Mass resignation after ousting of four 'unpatriotic' legislators leaves council with no opposition members On Thursday, Hong Kong's legislature will look remarkably more like its counterpart in mainland China. It will sit without any opposition lawmakers after they announced their resignations in protest at four colleagues disqualified from the body on Wednesday under a new power granted to Hong Kong authorities by Beijing to dismiss "unpatriotic" politicians with immediate effect. The 70-member...
Mass resignation after ousting of four 'unpatriotic' legislators leaves council with no opposition members On Thursday, Hong Kong's legislature will look remarkably more like its counterpart in mainland China. It will sit without any opposition lawmakers after they announced their resignations in protest at four colleagues disqualified from the body on Wednesday under a new power granted to Hong Kong authorities by Beijing to dismiss "unpatriotic" politicians with immediate effect. The 70-member...
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