
A quieter ‘patriots only’ election in Hong Kong
The Decibel
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Hong Kong Election Reporter, Bajames James
20 out of 90 with only vetid candidates, which ensures that you're not going to get radical lawmakers or pro localist lawmakers. Even within the very constrained new system, this vetid patriotsony system, there is a degree of tension and of paranoia that that you've never seen before. You know, i had one candidatee after i'd been taxing him quite a long time, trying to set up a and on the record interview. He responded, i'm sorry, i think i can't do the interview because of legal problems. Thers this fear that if they say the wrong thing, they either could be disqualified from the race, or, even worse, could face some
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