Perhaps the only time I’d be rooting for someone using the Occupy meme and calling themselves “Democrats”, because in this case, it’s small “d” democrat, and they truly are fighting for a democratic vote which they are denied. Likely they will get no help from the real leftist Occupiers…
Via USA Today:
BEIJING – China’s top legislative body approved a tightly controlled framework for the 2017 election of Hong Kong’s leader Sunday, possibly paving the way for civil unrest that has plagued the country under Chinese rule.
The former British colony on the south China coast was returned to the mainland in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” arrangement where it kept many civil liberties that remain unthinkable in the rest of China. But Beijing retains ultimate power and chooses Hong Kong’s leader, called the Chief Executive, through a pro-Beijing committee.
Democratic activists have led a vigorous campaign — including mass protests — to demand an open choice of candidates at the 2017 election. But on Sunday, Beijing announced its widely expected decision to permit only two to three candidates.