Fewer than a third of Hong Kong’s people turned out to vote in the first election since China imposed its draconian “National Security Law” on Hong Kong, despite strong inducements from Beijing to vote in the stage-managed election.
The election was to have been held in September 2020, but was deferred ostensibly because of the covid19 pandemic. It is possible that, if the election had taken place then, a majority of the Legislative Council could have been supporters of extended democra…
