HK Democrats pressure Beijing on democracy ruling
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Hong Kong's Democratic Party is staging a seven-day hunger strike calling for full universal suffrage by 2012, as China's parliament meets to decide this week whether to widen Hong Kong's democracy.
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Families of victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protests have urged the government to allow open debate on the subject at next week's annual meeting of parliament and "reveal the truth".
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A new crop of Hong Kong democrats are due to be sworn in to the Legislative Council.
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Hong Kong media and a rights group  accused Beijing on Thursday of meddling in this weekend's  election, saying publicity about a pro-democracy candidate  jailed for hiring a prostitute was timed to influence the  result.
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A wave of young Democrats is demanding not just to be heard but to take charge.They are opining, organizing and running for party chairman.
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Pro-democracy parties made smaller than expected gains in Hong Kong elections seen as a referendum on the territory&#39;s Beijing-backed rulers, according to results released on Monday.
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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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A group of British politicians called Monday on China to use its role as host of the 2008 Olympic Games to put pressure on Sudan over the Darfur conflict and to stop selling weapons to its government.
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Pro-independence parties are tipped to make gains in Taiwan's legislative elections this weekend and thereby anger China, already threatening to take military action if the island drifts further from Beijing.
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Analysts fear emergency rule may be imposed as anger grows on streets and in ruling party.
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About 150 people gathered at the state Capitol in Hartford Saturday to demand that democracy in Ukraine be given a fair chance when residents there return to the polls later this month to try again to elect a ...
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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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On Super Tuesday, voters in Beijing will cast ballots for the U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate of their choice.
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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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China risks dangerous instability  unless it embraces democratic reforms to limit the power of the  ruling Communist Party, foster competitive voting and rein in  censors, the Party's top think-tank has warned in a new report.
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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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SINGAPORE: While a majority of Hong Kong citizens likely will cast their votes for greater democracy in Sundayâs Legislative Council election, international fund managers are more concerned about maintaining the status quo.