Hong Kong: next elections a test for Beijing*

HONG KONG: In an exclusive interview with News Weekly, the leader of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, Martin Lee, said that elections to be held in Hong Kong next year would tell whether China is willing to allow any form of democracy within the country.When China took over control of Hong Kong about five years ago, it promised to preserve Hong Kong’s existing political freedoms for 50 years, using the catch-cry, “One country, two systems”. Hong Kong is officially a Special Administrative Reg…

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