Hong Kong Activists Plot Next Steps
Shannon Van Sant HONG KONG— After Hong Kong’s landmark vote on electoral reform, activists on both sides of the controversial proposal are plotting next steps. After months of mass public protests,...
View ArticleNo mystery about who murdered Hong Kong's reform plan
The end, when it came, was almost merciful. The sick child that was Hong Kong's political reform package was finally put out of its misery by lunchtime of the second day of what might have been a...
View ArticleHK vetoes China-backed electoral reform proposal
Hong Kong’s legislature yesterday vetoed a China-backed electoral reform package criticized by opposition pro-democracy lawmakers and activists as undemocratic, easing for now the prospect of fresh...
View ArticleH.K. vetoes China-backed plan
ReutersHONG KONG (Reuters) — Hong Kong’s legislature on Thursday vetoed a China-vetted electoral reform package criticized by opposition pro-democracy lawmakers and activists as undemocratic, easing...
View ArticleWhat will Hong Kong's political reform vote mean?
Lawmakers are to vote on plans to allow citizens to elect the chief executive – but only from a Beijing-approved list, a move condemned as ‘fake democracy’ ...
View ArticleCrazy to squander chance for universal suffrage
'Pocket it first!", the supporters' slogan for the current electoral reform package, always makes me think of pocket money. In my early teenage years I used to get the princely sum of 25 pence (about...
View ArticleDefying Beijing, Hong Kong lawmakers reject election framework
Spurning stern warnings from local and central Chinese government officials, Hong Kong’s legislature voted Thursday to reject a Beijing-drafted election plan that sparked massive street protests in the...
View ArticleHK 'democrats' go against mainstream opinion
Democratic politics should follow mainstream opinion, and any political leader or organization that ignores mainstream opinion is doomed to failure. Democratic politics cannot be isolated from...
View ArticleHong Kong needs balance
The decision of Hong Kong’s lawmakers last week to vote down a proposal put forth by Beijing to reform the city’s electoral system was hardly a surprise. The plan, which would give Hong Kong’s voters...
View ArticleThe outlier: Hong Kong lawmaker Ronny Tong’s history of Civic Party conflicts
When he took the helm of the Hong Kong Bar Association on January 21, 1999, Ronny Tong Ka-wah told the media he would refrain from commenting on political issues. But there was no shortage of...
View ArticleBack Hong Kong reform package, Chinese government mouthpiece urges lawmakers
The central government’s mouthpiece today urged Hong Kong’s legislature to back the government’s political reform package, as the city’s legislators were due to start debate on the blueprint. In a...
View ArticleHong 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's legislature on Thursday vetoed a China-backed electoral reform...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor, June 15, 2015
Government's logic is puzzling I find it difficult to understand the logic behind the contentions made by the government and the pro-Beijing camp in connection with the political reform package. The...
View ArticleWhat next in Hong Kong-Beijing democracy tussle?
By Juliana Liu Hong Kong correspondent, BBC News 19 June 2015 From the section China Pro-democracy lawmaker Charles Mok addresses Hong Kong's legislature Lawmakers in Hong Kong have rejected a highly...
View ArticleChina Headlines-China Voice: Seize the opportunity to advance HK democratic...
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Wednesday marks a pivotal moment for the future of democracy in Hong Kong. Members of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Legislative Council (LegCo) will...
View ArticleVeto on Hong Kong political reform plan only a temporary setback on road to...
Today should have marked a new era for Hong Kong, one in which long-held hopes of universal suffrage were finally realised. We should be celebrating the passing by lawmakers of an acclaimed package of...
View ArticleVote to begin on 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 than three decades of...
View ArticleWas China’s offer of ‘high degree of autonomy’ for Hong Kong a facade?
The Yomiuri ShimbunWill the “high degree of autonomy” China promised to Hong Kong under the “one country, two systems” formula turn out to be a mere facade? An electoral reform package for the poll to...
View ArticlePan-democrats can build trust with Beijing by voting for political reform
The elephant in the room during the last meeting of Beijing officials and pan-democrats over political reform was the lack of mutual trust. But trust cannot be demanded; it can only be built on working...
View ArticleHong Kong political reform package voted down as pro-Beijing lawmakers stage...
Hong Kong legislators this afternoon blocked the government electoral reform plan for the 2017 chief executive election, with only eight pro-government lawmakers voting in support of it, while 28...
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