HONG KONG, China: Three years after his failed first attempt, Chinese painter Zhao Zhijun got what he wanted: an elected role to influence Hong Kong's arts industry at a time when free expression is being stifled by Beijing.
"I don't think art should be mixed up with politics," said Zhao, a native of the autonomous Inner Mongolia region of China who settled in Hong Kong and retains close ties with Beijing's tightly controlled artistic establishment.
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