The National People's Congress initiated electoral changes in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on 11 March 2021 to "amend electoral rules and improve the electoral system" for its chief exe
Pro-democracy protesters marched on 13 January 2008 demanding universal suffrage by 2012.
Long queue outside a polling station in the 2019 District Council election.
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping stated that Hong Kong could only maintain its long-term stability and security by ensuring "patriots governing Hong Kong".
The 2019 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 24 November 2019 for all 18 District Councils of Hong Kong. 452 seats from all directly elected constituencies, out of the 479 seats in total
2021 Hong Kong electoral changes
…further curb the influence of the pro-democracy camp in the wake of the widespread anti-government protests of 2019 and the electoral landslide of the 2019 District Council election. Since the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, the democratic movement had been calling for genuine universal suffrage for the Chief…
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