Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests
by xxpor on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @12:06PM
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The FCs are elected, but by people in the function it sounds like. That's an election, a weird one, but still an election. I'm sure Beijing was pulling the strings but it's not like they were directly appointed.
Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests
by tablespoon on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @03:45PM
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> That's an election, a weird one, but still an election. I'm sure Beijing was pulling the strings but it's not like they were directly appointed.
IIRC, they're structured so Bejing's allies would control those seats, with few exceptions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_(constituency)). I think most of the "voters" are representatives of industry associations and the like.
I don't think it's ever been correct to say the HK government was elected. It had some elected elements, but they were never in the majority: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Ko....
IIRC, one of the five protest demands was for a fully elected government.