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Hong Kong democracy

March 31, 2021
Less Democracy, More ‘Patriots’: Hong Kong’s New Electoral System
By Jessie Lau
The most significant government reforms since the city’s handover in 1997 consolidate Beijing's control over Hong Kong's government.

March 31, 2021
China Sharply Reduces Elected Seats in Hong Kong Legislature
By Zen Soo and Ken Moritsugu
Under the newly revamped electoral system, only 20 of the Legislative Council’s 90 seats will be directly elected.

March 17, 2021
What Hong Kong’s Legislative Reforms Mean for the City
By Brian Wong
Parsing the motivations, and implications, of Beijing's plan to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral and legislative structures.

March 12, 2021
China Remakes Hong Kong’s Electoral System
By Shannon Tiezzi
The changes, billed as necessary “improvements,” will make it effectively impossible for pro-democrats to win office.

March 05, 2021
What’s on the Agenda for China’s National People’s Congress?
By Shannon Tiezzi
This year's big tasks are finalizing the 14th Five-Year Plan and remaking Hong Kong's electoral system.

January 11, 2021
China Is Making Support for Democracy a Crime in Hong Kong
By Frances Hui
Nearly all of the city's prominent pro-democracy voices have been arrested or forced into exile.

December 02, 2020
Is Hong Kong Heading Toward a Russian-Style Electoral System?
By Simon Shen
Beijing may explore allowing a limited, managed style of democracy – one that ensures a toothless opposition, in the style of Putin’s Russia.

November 19, 2020
The Impact of Hong Kong’s Opposition-Less Legislature
By Jessie Lau
By forcing out pro-democracy legislators, authorities have snuffed out one of the last official channels for voicing dissent and holding the government accountable.

November 14, 2020
What Does a Biden Presidency Mean to Hong Kong’s Democratic Movement?
By Thomas Chan
Many in the Hong Kong protest movement saw Donald Trump as their only hope, but they shouldn’t give up on the Biden administration.

September 25, 2020
Another Arrest for Joshua Wong Highlights the Growing Pressure on Young Hong Kong Activists
By Shannon Tiezzi
The divergent fates of 20-something activists Wong, Agnes Chow, and Nathan Law demonstrate the new reality for Hong Kong’s young democrats.

September 07, 2020
Inside Hong Kong’s Besieged Legislative Council, Democrats Refuse to Surrender
By Kevin Holden
Banned candidates. Arrested lawmakers. Cancelled elections. What remains of democracy in Hong Kong?

August 11, 2020
Hong Kong’s Cancelled Elections Paved the Way for the Latest Arrests
By Johnny Patterson and Sam Goodman
Carrie Lam’s public health postponement of the polls must be exposed for the cynical farce that it is.
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