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Communist China Is Destroying Hong Kong’s Democracy

Communist China Is Destroying Hong Kong’s Democracy
Erick Tsang (2nd from L) Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, helps officials in pouring out ballots from a box at a counting center in Hong Kong on Sept. 19, 2021. Vincent Yu/AP Photo
Zhong Yuan
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Hong Kong staged a ridiculous Election Committee farce on Sept. 19. The hope for a direct election of the city’s chief executive is gone. Communist China’s rubber stamp legislature mechanism has been imported in Hong Kong as a “patriots-only” electoral system.

Zhong Yuan
Zhong Yuan
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Zhong Yuan is a researcher focused on China’s political system, the country’s democratization process, human rights situation, and Chinese citizens’ livelihood. He began writing commentaries for the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times in 2020.
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