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Hong Kong’s Pro-Beijing Forces Lose the Plot

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Jun 20, 2015
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The issue that has transfixed Hong Kong for months and gripped democracy advocates abroad – whether Beijing’s method for selecting the territory’s chief executive – ended yesterday in confusion and embarrassment for the forces that are China’s biggest ally in Hong Kong.

A decision apparently born of bewilderment resulted in only eight pro-Beijing United …

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