Vote to begin on Hong Kong's election reform
The Hong Kong legislature is set to debate the single largest democratic reform in the city's history on Wednesday as a handful of lawmakers hold in their hands the fate of more...
View ArticleHong Kong parliament defies Beijing's insistence and rejects 'democracy' plan
Proposal that would have allowed election of leaders, but only from candidates vetted by Communist party hierarchy, is defeated in key vote ...
View ArticleHong Kong nears crucial election decision; defeat likely
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...
View ArticleChange is needed, on all sides, before Hong Kong can move on from the...
Of all the questions many of us are currently asking, there is one which nobody seems to be prepared to answer: what is going to happen after the political reform package proposed by the Hong Kong...
View ArticleBooing, a walkout, then Hong Kong vetoes China-backed electoral reform proposal
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...
View ArticleHong Kong electoral reform proposal voted down: Report
Hong Kong's legislature rejected a Beijing-based electoral reform proposal on how to select the city's next leader on Thursday. This outcome was widely...
View ArticleHong Kong's young democracy fighters should rethink the wisdom of their strategy
The government's proposed reform for the 2017 chief executive election, which will be tabled at the Legislative Council on Wednesday, appears to be dead on arrival. Barring any miracle, the blueprint...
View ArticleLegislators, Rights Advocates Urge More US Action on Hong Kong Reforms
Yang Chen Members of U.S. Congress and human rights groups are urging the U.S. government to do more for Hong Kong’s democracy ahead of a vote next week in Hong Kong on the territory’s electoral reform...
View ArticleHong Kong reform framework is not forever, top Beijing official says, ahead...
Beijing’s restrictive blueprint for Hong Kong’s chief executive election in 2017 could be modified in future once implemented, a top central government official said, in a last-ditch effort to persuade...
View ArticleHong Kong legislator rejects China's election reform offer
BEIJING: Hong Kong's legislature has rejected a Beijing backed election reform, which was earlier opposed by a massive student agitation. The decision comes at a time when Hong Kong is witnessing a...
View ArticleHong Kong's pan-democrats must ask if it is fair to voters to veto reform...
The government will submit the electoral reform package to the Legislative Council on Wednesday for a final debate. The specially organised two-hour meeting in Shenzhen on May 31 for the three mainland...
View ArticleHong Kong's lawmakers should vote for electoral reform in the interests of all
Hong Kong's quest for democracy has reached a crucial juncture. In the final showdown over electoral reform, the Legislative Council will begin the debate today on the government's package for the 2017...
View ArticleSubcommittee Chairman Matt Salmon Statement on the Hong Kong Election Reform...
(Source: Matt Salmon) Washington, D.C. - Rep. Matt Salmon, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, today released the following statement on the recent Hong Kong Legislative Council vote...
View ArticleHong Kong vetoes China-backed electoral reform plan
Hong Kong’s parliament has vetoed a China-backed electoral reform package criticised by opposition pro-democracy politicians and activists as undemocratic. The development is expected to put off the...
View ArticleReform failure should prod Hong Kong leaders to step up as defenders of our...
A lot of recent attention has focused on Hong Kong pan-democrats and what they should do after their failed attempt to secure democracy. This attention might be better focused on the Beijing and Hong...
View ArticleHong Kong vetoes electoral reform plan
Previous || Next Hong Kong's legislature has vetoed a China-backed electoral reform package that has been criticised by opposition pro-democracy lawmakers and activists as undemocratic. Thursday's vote...
View ArticleHong Kong election bill faces likely defeat by lawmakers
Hong Kong election reform proposals that sparked massive street protests last year in the southern Chinese financial center are being presented Wednesday to the legislature, where it faces likely...
View ArticleHong Kong vetoes Beijing plan for electoral reform
In a show of strength that will lessen the prospect of more disruptive protests, Hong Kong’s legislative council has vetoed a Communist Party-backed electoral reform package that opposition...
View ArticleBasic Law brooks no arbitrary changes: HK drafter
HONG KONG, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's carefully deliberated Basic Law will stand the test of time and should not be changed arbitrarily, according to Tam Yiu-chung, a member of Hong Kong's...
View ArticleThe day Hong Kong's Legco entered a parallel universe
The Legislative Council chamber was a surreal place yesterday. Pan-democrats who had fought for years for democracy decried a government package that would allow Hong Kong people to choose their leader...
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