By MICHAEL FORSYTHE and CHRIS BUCKLEYJUNE 22, 2014
HONG KONG — Participation in an informal poll to gauge Hong Kong’s desire for democracy is exceeding expectations, helped on Sunday by hundreds of volunteers who are reaching potential voters in subway stations and shopping malls, bringing American-style retail politics to one small corner of the People’s Republic of China. Continue reading
Poll on Democracy Draws Big Turnout in Hong Kong已关闭评论
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Jun 21st 2014
FOR years after the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, China’s leaders surprised the world by adhering scrupulously to Hong Kong’s unusual political set-up of “one country, two systems”. Continue reading
A showdown looms-China’s most prosperous city is becoming dangerously polarised已关闭评论
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By Bruce Einhorn June 20, 2014
Occupy Central organizer Benny Tai
Photograph by Bobby Yip/Landov
Benny Tai, a soft-spoken law professor at the University of Hong Kong, is the man behind Occupy Central with Love and Peace, Continue reading
Hong Kong’s Most Dangerous Man Wants People to Vote已关闭评论
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Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central, People to Vote
Occupy Central, a grassroots movement that aims to bring universal suffrage to Hong Kong, has been subject to “one of the largest and most persistent DDoS attacks in the history of the Internet,” Continue reading
CloudFlare: Hong Kong democracy movement hit by ‘one of largest DDoS attacks in internet history’已关闭评论
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Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central
2014-06-20
A Hong Kong colonial flag is seen waved by a demonstrator during a protest against plans for a new town development outside the Continue reading
More than 400,000 Vote in Hong Kong Electoral Reform Poll已关闭评论
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BY EMILY CHUNG AND NIKKI SUN
HONG KONG Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:09am EDT
Supporters hold banners and placards at Hong Kong’s financial Central district during a kick-off ceremony to urge people to vote in an unofficial referendum June 20, 2014. Continue reading
Over 200,000 vote as Hong Kong democracy ‘referendum’ kicks off已关闭评论
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By MICHAEL FORSYTHE, CHRIS BUCKLEY and ALAN WONGJUNE 20, 2014
Members of the group Occupy Central with Love and Peace, which organized an unofficial referendum in Hong Kong, before voting began on Friday. Credit Vincent Yu/Associated Press Continue reading
In Hong Kong, an Unofficial Election Draws Beijing’s Ire已关闭评论
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20 JUN 2014 3:46AM
1 WHAT IS HONG KONG’S UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE REFERENDUM?
Residents in the former British colony, which returned to China in 1997, have been fighting for a democratic system for years. Currently, Continue reading
5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT HONG KONG’S REFERENDUM已关闭评论
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