Pro-democracy protesters celebrate after lawmakers voted against the electoral reform proposals in Hong Kong. Photo: AP Hong Kong: Hong Kong lawmakers have blocked proposed changes to how it chooses its leader by voting down the Beijing-backed electoral reform plan, an outcome foreshadowed by vocal dissent in the days before. Celebrations by pro-democracy crowds, many of which supported huge street protests across the territory last year, were muted. "There is a lot of tension in Hong Kong arising from this political reform controversy and our society has never...
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