Hong Kong elite selects powerful committee

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 20, 2021 12:54 am

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's political elite began selecting a powerful committee on Sunday, which will choose the city's next leader and nearly half the legislature under a new 'patriots only' system imposed by Beijing.

The financial hub has never been a democracy - the source of years of protests - but a small and vocal opposition was tolerated after the city's 1997 handover to authoritarian China.

‘PATRIOTS ONLY’ An election official takes a photo inside the convention and exhibition center in Hong Kong on Sept. 19, 2021 where the political elite began selecting a powerful committee, which will choose the city’s next leader and nearly half the city’s legislature under a new ‘patriots only’ system imposed by Beijing. AFP PHOTO

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