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Posted : 2021-03-12 14:12
Updated : 2021-03-12 17:25
Police officers raise China s and Hong Kong s flags at a flag raising ceremony at Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong, China, March 11, 2021. Reuters
Many details of Beijing s drastic shake-up of Hong Kong s electoral system were already known, yet Thursday s formal announcement still left many wondering about the future of local politics with the opposition virtually wiped out.
Pro-establishment politicians presented a united front, insisting that reforms were needed urgently. If Hong Kong continues to be stranded in political infighting, we can never find a way out on our own, said Starry Lee Wai-king, chairwoman of the largest pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB).