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The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on Tuesday decided to move forward with a plan to revise Hong Kong's electoral system that expands the number of seats in Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong back for 20-odd years. "In the past 20 years there was some sort of progress in the democratic movement in Hong Kong. Elections have been getting more and more open in the past 20 years," he ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong risks facilitating fraud and undermining its status as an open financial hub after proposals that would allow company directors to obscure their identities, according to corporate governance ... ( read original story ...)

China's top legislature on Tuesday unanimously approved controversial and sweeping amendments to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral system to reduced the former British colony's number of elected ... ( read original story ...)

China has sharply reduced the number of directly elected seats in Hong Kong’s legislature in a setback for the territory’s already beleaguered democracy movement.  The changes were announced Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)

The measures are part of Beijing's efforts to consolidate its increasingly authoritarian grip over the territory following the imposition of a national security law. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong will vet all political candidates to ensure they are "patriots" under new laws that seek to remove any opposition and tighten China's control. ( read original story ...)

China has passed sweeping changes to Hong Kong's electoral rules which will tighten its control over the city. The number of directly elected seats in parliament has been cut almost by half, and ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong exchange has since 2018 allowed companies from "emerging and innovative sectors" to list with dual-class shares, or weighted voting rights. ( read original story ...)

Chinese leaders endorsed a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system Tuesday, slashing its number of directly elected seats and ensuring a majority of the city's lawmakers will be selected by ... ( read original story ...)

China’s top legislature has approved amendments to Hong Kong’s constitution that will give Beijing more control over the makeup of the city’s legislature. ( read original story ...)

China has passed several changes to Hong Kong's electoral rules which will tighten its control over the city, state media has said. The aim of the reforms is to ensure that only "patriotic" figures ... ( read original story ...)

China is expected on Tuesday to finalise changes to Hong Kong's electoral rules, which critics say will tighten its control over the city. The aim of the changes is to ensure that only "patriotic" ... ( read original story ...)