{"id":1930,"date":"2014-07-01T02:54:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T02:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=1930"},"modified":"2014-07-01T02:54:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T02:54:28","slug":"big-turnout-in-hong-kong-democracy-vote-irks-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/big-turnout-in-hong-kong-democracy-vote-irks-beijing","title":{"rendered":"Big turnout in Hong Kong democracy vote irks Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #444444;line-height: 1.7\">By AP News Jun 30, 2014 5:39AM UTC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdnd.asiancorrespondent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/HongKongDemocracyVoteJune29.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" \/><br \/>\nAn assistance guides voters at a polling station for an unofficial referendum on democratic reform in Hong Kong Sunday<\/p>\n<p>HONG KONG (AP) \u2014 An informal referendum aimed at bolstering support for greater democracy in Hong Kong has drawn nearly 800,000 votes and Beijing\u2019s ire.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The vote, which wrapped up Sunday, is part of a campaign by activists in the southern Chinese city to ratchet up the pressure on authorities for democratic reform that could ultimately lead to a mass protest paralyzing the city\u2019s financial district.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong passed from British to Chinese control in 1997 with the promise that it could retain a high degree of control over its own affairs under the principle of \u201cone country, two systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beijing has pledged to allow Hong Kongers to elect their next leader but balked at letting them nominate their own candidates, saying they need to be vetted by a Beijing-friendly committee.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/asiancorrespondent.com\/124262\/big-turnout-in-hong-kong-democracy-vote-irks-beijing\/\" target=\"_blank\">For detail please visit here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By AP News Jun 30, 2014 5:39AM UTC An as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/big-turnout-in-hong-kong-democracy-vote-irks-beijing\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,370],"tags":[317,90,477],"views":762,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1930"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1932,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930\/revisions\/1932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}