Beijing’s Latest Move to Meddle With Hong Kong’s Democracy Could Backfire

Lawmakers of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp hold a press conference in Hong Kong on Nov. 11, 2020. Song Bilung/The Epoch Times

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Hong Kong has once again attracted international attention. The Chinese regime has disqualified four Hong Kong democratic legislators, leading to the resignation of 15 lawmakers from the pro-democracy camp. World leaders have condemned Beijing’s latest move in meddling with Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedoms.

CCP Interferes With Hong Kong’s Democracy

On Nov. 11, the Standing Committee of China’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), passed a resolution that led to the disqualification of four Hong Kong legislators—Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok Wing-hang, Kwok Ka-ki, and Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong.