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Hong Kong’s Democrats Triumph as a Bruised Beijing Mulls Disqualifying Candidates

Hong Kong’s Democrats Triumph as a Bruised Beijing Mulls Disqualifying Candidates
People queue up to vote in an unofficial primary for pro-democracy candidates ahead of legislative elections in September, in Hong Kong on July 12, 2020. Vincent Yu/AP Photo
Jack Hazlewood
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In a stunning rebuke to Beijing, more than 600,000 Hong Kong residents turned out on July 11 and 12 to vote in the pro-democracy camp’s primary election, in spite of co-organizers of the poll being raided by police, exploding numbers of coronavirus cases, and threats by officials that voting was illegal under the new national security law.
Jack Hazlewood
Jack Hazlewood
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Jack Hazlewood is a student and activist based in London, England. He previously worked for a localist political party in Hong Kong, and served as field producer for the conflict journalism outlet Popular Front’s documentary “Add Oil,” which followed frontline protestors in Hong Kong in the run up to China’s national day in 2019.
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