Tuesday, September 06, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

Vote in Hong Kong deepens a thorn in China’s side
The New York Times, September 6, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/world/asia/hong-kong-election-china-basic-law.html

Related:
Rise of localists in Hong Kong polls set to bring headaches for Beijing, analysts say
本土派得票近兩成 勢必令中央更加煩惱
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2015349/rise-localists-hong-kong-polls-set-bring-headaches-beijing
http://www.nanzao.com/tc/hk-macau-tw/156fd54814140fe/ben-tu-pai-de-piao-jin-liang-cheng-shi-bi-ling-zhong-yang-geng-jia-fan-nao

LegCo Election 2016: Photocopied IDs, sample ballots, free rides, and 186 complaints
Hong Kong Free Press, September 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/09/04/legco-election-2016-photocopied-ids-sample-ballots-free-rides-and-186-complaints/

Profiles in victory and defeat: a look at a few notable Legco winners and losers
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2014997/profiles-victory-and-defeat-look-few-notable-legco-winners

Hong Kong election: who are the young activists elected to the council?
The Guardian, September 5, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/05/hong-kong-election-who-are-the-young-activists-elected-to-the-council

九西非建制候選人最高票數 劉小麗:不會令港人失望 (Lau Siu-lai the non pro-establishment candidate with most votes in Kowloon West: I won’t disappoint Hong Kong people)
InMedia HK, September 5, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1044445

Eddie Chu Hoi-dick, environmentalist and animal rights activist, is the surprise winner in Hong Kong’s election
Quartz, September 5, 2016
http://qz.com/773932/eddie-chu-hoi-dick-environmentalist-and-animal-rights-activist-is-the-surprise-winner-in-hong-kongs-election/

Govt says no to any form of independence after HK vote
Global Times, September 6, 2016
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1004875.shtml

G20 handshake: did Xi Jinping just give John Tsang the nod to run for Hong Kong’s top job?
South China Morning Post, September 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2015359/exchange-chinas-president-fuels-speculation-about-possible