Hong Kong democracy

Under the newly revamped electoral system, only 20 of the Legislative Council’s 90 seats will be directly elected.

Parsing the motivations, and implications, of Beijing's plan to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral and legislative structures.

The changes, billed as necessary “improvements,” will make it effectively impossible for pro-democrats to win office.

This year's big tasks are finalizing the 14th Five-Year Plan and remaking Hong Kong's electoral system.

Nearly all of the city's prominent pro-democracy voices have been arrested or forced into exile.

Beijing may explore allowing a limited, managed style of democracy – one that ensures a toothless opposition, in the style of Putin’s Russia.

By forcing out pro-democracy legislators, authorities have snuffed out one of the last official channels for voicing dissent and holding the government accountable.

Many in the Hong Kong protest movement saw Donald Trump as their only hope, but they shouldn’t give up on the Biden administration.

The divergent fates of 20-something activists Wong, Agnes Chow, and Nathan Law demonstrate the new reality for Hong Kong’s young democrats.

Banned candidates. Arrested lawmakers. Cancelled elections. What remains of democracy in Hong Kong?

Carrie Lam’s public health postponement of the polls must be exposed for the cynical farce that it is.