Hong Kong is bracing for a critical vote by lawmakers on Beijing-backed election reforms that sparked huge street protests last year, with the outcome likely to throw its political future into further uncertainty. Lawmakers began a debate Wednesday on the government's plan to change the way the southern Chinese financial hub's top leader is chosen. The proposal faces likely defeat from the legislature's pro-democracy contingent, which has enough seats to veto it in a vote expected by the end of the week. Hong Kong votes in unofficial democracy poll in defiance of China Emily Chung and Adam Rose More than 780,000 votes were cast by Sunday, the final day of an unofficial referendum...
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