{"id":6797,"date":"2021-12-21T20:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=6797"},"modified":"2021-12-22T20:13:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T20:13:42","slug":"pro-beijing-candidates-sweep-hong-kong-elections","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/pro-beijing-candidates-sweep-hong-kong-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Beijing candidates sweep Hong Kong elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">It was also the first general election since China introduced a new national security law<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-12-21T20:06:00+05:30\">21st December 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">It was also the first general election since China introduced a new national security law, making it easier for China to punish pro-democracy protesters of Hong Kong. Under Beijing&#8217;s heavy hand, Hong Kong&#8217;s electoral system also took a sharp turn for the worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">Just 20 of the 90 seats in the Legislative Council are now directly elected; the rest are chosen by industry groups or Beijing loyalists. China imposed a &#8220;patriots only&#8221; policy determining which candidates can run. The move was widely seen as China&#8217;s plan to tighten control over Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">It would mean the death of the &#8220;one country, two systems&#8221; framework promised by China. If this continues, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong will be rubber-stamp nature of China.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">Western nations have expressed &#8220;grave concern&#8221; about Hong Kong&#8217;s electoral system. The turnout hit a record low. Only 30.2% of voters participated in the elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">Hong Kong Protests Explained &#8211; click <a href=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/03\/hong-kong-protests-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Opinion\/The-Nikkei-View\/Hong-Kong-election-takes-its-democracy-closer-to-one-party-China\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asia.nikkei.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was also the first general election since China introduced a new national security law&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","portfolio-category":[427,429,426],"class_list":["post-6797","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-427","portfolio-category-december-2021","portfolio-category-newsfeed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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