MORE Pro-democracy demonstrators gesture with three-fingered salutes outside West Kowloon Magistrates Courts during a hearing for opposition activists charged with violating the city s national security law in Hong Kong Thursday, March 4, 2021. All 47 of the pro-democracy activists in a Hong Kong subversion case returned to custody Thursday after a marathon hearing ended with them being denied bail. Photo by Lam Yik - Bloomberg via Getty Images
BEIJING, China China s legislature is debating draft guidelines that would drastically overhaul Hong Kong s electoral system to give Beijing near total control over the region s election outcomes.
While Beijing has not publicized the details of the proposals, it has outlined broad changes that would effectively allow Beijing to vet candidates for Hong Kong s legislative council and pack an election committee which chooses the region s chief executive.
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