Hong Kong set for poll showdown
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Hong Kong elects a new legislative council in an election seen as an acid test of sentiment towards China.
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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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Hong Kong held a referendum on Sunday on the future, and the democracy activists won handily. In a record 55 per cent turnout, people voted solidly for parties that have been lobbying Beijing to let Hong Kong&#39;s
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Today residents of Hong Kong will go to the polls to participate in what remains of its fragmented and suppressed democratic system.
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong voters made a strong turnout Sunday in a hard-fought legislative election being closely watched by Beijing. As of 5:30 pm, turnout was 35.
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong voters go to the polls Sunday in an election that&#39;s expected to leave pro-democracy forces with more bargaining power in their demands for more democracy.
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Hong Kong&#39;s government has ordered a probe into vote counting discrepancies from Sunday&#39;s legislative election, the latest in a string of blunders that have embarrassed the local China-backed administration.
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Hong Kong is set for a weekend of events marking 10 years since its handover from the UK to China.
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Election for the third term of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region started here Sunday morning.
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Hong Kong's democracy activists are fighting a losing battle with Beijing for direct elections in 2012. But they've still made advances in the longer war
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Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates,  stung by a sex scandal, made limited gains against the Beijing  camp in legislative polls as voters wary of irking their  communist rulers chose stability, results showed on Monday.
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By Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Hong Kong Correspondent Roland Lim. HONG KONG : Hong Kong&#39;s democrats have vowed to continue to push for Beijing to grant universal suffrage to the territory, despite their disappointing showing in Sunday&#39;s local elections.
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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&#39;s communist rulers in the former British colony.
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As Hong Kong wraps up a hotly contested legislative campaign, China&#39;s presence looms large amid charges it marred the contest with dirty tricks while at the same time trying to woo voters with a charm offensive.
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For Hong Kong&#39;s democracy activists, the results of legislative elections announced yesterday suggest that the deck will remain stacked against them for years to come.
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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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It&#39;s often been said that Hong Kong people are interested in money, not politics, but upcoming legislative elections may bury that notion for good as angry residents turn out to send their leaders a message.