Major Election in Hong Kong With Calls for Independence

Hong Kong voted in its first major elections Sunday since the mass pro-democracy protests in 2014, with calls for independence and anti-China sentiment running high among some groups of younger voters. Voters chose members for the territory's 70-seat Legislative Council, in which the pro-democracy opposition is hoping to maintain at least one third of the seats to have veto power to block the pro-Beijing government attempts to enact unpopular legislation. A small group of...

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