Hong Kong was returned to Chinese rule in 1997, with the promise of eventual common suffrage. Until now, its chief executives — the highest management submit in Hong Kong — have been chosen by a largely pro-Beijing committee. A gaggle of 689 folks voted for Hong Kong’s present chief, CY Leung.
A 10 day unofficial referendum organized by activists ended Sunday. With greater than 780,000 voting — over a fifth of Hong Kong voters — the referendum’s success shocked even the organizers and galvanized their trigger.
China’s communist leaders have stated in the previous that it’ll ‘allow’ Hong Kong’s residents to vote for the chief govt starting in 2017, however in a “white paper” issued final month, Chinese leaders made clear that Beijing would retain management and permit solely “Chinese patriots” to be nominated for the election.
Demonstrators assembled in Victoria Park at 3pm and headed peacefully down Yee Wo Street to Hennessy Road and on to Statue Square in Central. “This year people came out braving the rain and wind and many citizens joined along the way,” Johnson Yeung, a rally organizer, advised a cheering crowd in town’s Central enterprise district late Tuesday.
Today is the 16th anniversary of the Hong Kong handover from Britain again to China. People are demanding democratic reform and protesting towards the present management.