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How did the HK government get stacked that way, though - does the CCP formally pick out candidates, or is there something else going on?
by i_am_nomad 7y ago
How did the HK government get stacked that way, though - does the CCP formally pick out candidates, or is there something else going on?
- usaar333 7y agoThe legislature isn't fully democratically elected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Ko... In fact the pro-Beijing groups have never actually won an election, but always controlled Legco: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-democracy_camp_(Hong_Kong) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-democracy_camp_(Hong_Kon... (To be fair, similar but less extreme issues exist in the United States where executive and legislative power doesn't cleanly map to votes)