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> They were protesting the elected HK government, not Beijing directly. I don't think it's ever been correct to say the HK government was elected. It had some
by tablespoon 5y ago
> They were protesting the elected HK government, not Beijing directly.
I don't think it's ever been correct to say the HK government was elected. It had some elected elements, but they were never in the majority: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong#Membership_composition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Ko....
IIRC, one of the five protest demands was for a fully elected government.
- xxpor 5y agoThe FCs are elected, but by people in the function it sounds like. That's an election, a weird one, but still an election. I'm sure Beijing was pulling the strings but it's not like they were directly appointed.
- tablespoon 5y ago> That's an election, a weird one, but still an election. I'm sure Beijing was pulling the strings but it's not like they were directly appointed. IIRC, they're structured so Bejing's allies would control those seats, with few exceptions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_(constituency) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_(constituency)). I think most of the "voters" are representatives of industry associations and the like.