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How Hong Kong's Chief Executive is chosen under the Basic Law drafted in 1990 and implemented with the 1997 transfer from Britain
09/29/2014
Forsythe provides details about how the Chief Executive is chosen from a group of1200 individuals mostly pro-business and loyal to Beijing. In 2017 the Chinese People's Congress promised to provide an election based on "one man, one vote." It is who can stand in the election that is the point of contention between pro-democracy protestors including university students, and the government in Beijing. Beijing wants to limit the candidates to people it approves, and protestors want to open up the process.
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