05 Mar 2021

The nail in the coffin

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And so it happened.

On Friday, a draft decision on improving Hong Kong’s electoral system was submitted to the National People’s Congress (NPC) for review.

NPC Standing Committee vice-chairman Wang Chen explained the rationale for the new rules (Xinhua 2):

“The electoral system of Hong Kon...