China&#39;s message for HK voters
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China&#39;s Olympic gold medallists visited Hong Kong this week generating adoring crowds and conveying an unspoken but unmistakable message -- vote for pro-Beijing candidates in Hong Kong&#39;s legislative election on Sunday.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, in Hong Kong to celebrate ten years since the end of colonial rule, was Saturday expected to face fresh calls for democracy in the former British territory.
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HONG KONG  - Hong Kong residents began voting early Sunday in a legislative election that could give pro-democracy figures more clout than they have held since China reclaimed the territory from Britain in July 1997.
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Hong Kong&#39;s democrats yesterday fell short of expectations in elections to the legislative council after voters, wary of alienating China&#39;s communist rulers, chose the stability offered by the Beijing camp.
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HONG KONG: Hong Kong chief Tung Chee-hwa said that pro-democracy legislators&#39; calls for a referendum on direct elections in the Chinese territory were &quot;impractical&quot; and &quot;inappropriate&quot;.
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When the British ruled Hong Kong, as pro-Beijing politicians are fond of pointing out, the territory&#39;s people had no direct influence over the way they were governed.
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Hong Kong residents voted on Sunday  in a legislative election that could bring big gains for the  democracy camp, which has angered Beijing by demanding  universal suffrage in the former British colony.
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Reports from Hong Kong say China has indicated its intention to take a more active role in the political affairs of the territory.
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BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- China on Tuesday expressed its respect for Venezuela&#39;s referendum result and said it was glad for the smooth operation of the referendum.
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China will make a key ruling clarifying Hong Kong's democratic future on Saturday, with Beijing likely to resist public calls to allow universal suffrage in the former British colony by 2012.
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A record 1.7 million Hong Kong voters cast ballots Sunday for an election that sent a fresh contingent of pro-democracy opposition politicians to the legislature, but apparently not as many Beijing&#39;s allies had feared.
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Veteran Hong Kong activist Leung Kwok-hung, better known as &quot;Long Hair&quot;, campaigns for pro-democracy votes. Picture:AFP.
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Hong Kong residents voted on Sunday  in a legislative election seen as a referendum on greater  democracy and a test of popularity for China's communist rulers  in the former British colony.
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A leading pro-democracy legislator who is in favour with Hong Kong's rulers in China, has urged Beijing to allow a swift transition to full democracy in the former British colony.
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HONG KONG: Democrats in Hong Kong yesterday fell short of expectations in legislative elections after voters wary of alienating China&#39;s Communist rulers chose the stability offered by the Beijing camp.
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With Beijing attempting to influence the outcome from the sidelines, Hong Kong voters will go to the polls on Sunday for legislative elections.
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China has rejected calls from Hong Kong&#39;s pro-democracy lawmakers for a public referendum on whether local residents should be allowed full, direct democracy from 2007.