Protesters Disrupt Suffrage Briefing In Hong Kong

Business - Boston.com, Boston Globe: Business
Mon, 09/01/2014 - 2:20am

Dozens of pro-democracy activists disrputed a briefing by a senior Chinese official who had been sent to Hong Kong to explain a ruling on Hong Kong's election. Li Fei is the deputy secretary general of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee. On Sunday the committee approved a plan for Hong Kong's 2017 leadership election that would only let two or three candidates vie for the top post, and each of those candidates would have to get majority backing from a nominating committee.

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