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China reduces number of elected seats in Hong Kong legislature30 March 2021
China has sharply reduced the number of directly elected seats in Hong Kong's legislature in a setback for the territory's already beleaguered democracy movemen…
Hong Kong introduces electoral law amendments in order to disqualify opposition candidates25 February 2021
When Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp won the city’s local elections in a landslide in 2019, securing 17 of its 18 districts, their unprecedented victory was a sl…
Hong Kong political leaders debate whether constitutional system allows bypassing elections26 January 2021
Refusing to back down even in the face of sustained resistance from within his own camp, former Hong Kong chief executive
Leung Chun-ying
has again insist…
Hong Kong executive claims its constitutional system has no separation of powers1 September 2020
Hong Kong’s constitutional system has no separation of powers between the executive, legislature and judiciary, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday, thro…
Hong Kong's leader asks China's top legislative body to resolve legal problems with postponing elections31 July 2020
Hong Kong’s embattled leader has invoked emergency powers to postpone the Legislative Council elections scheduled for September by one year, citing health risks…