Hong Kong's last major opposition party moves towards disbanding (www.reuters.com)
from zaxvenz@lemm.ee to world@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 10:44
https://lemm.ee/post/61203568

Five senior members of the Democratic Party had earlier told Reuters that Chinese officials or middlemen had warned it in recent months to disband or face serious consequences, including possible arrests.

The party, founded three years before Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule from Britain in 1997, has been the Asian financial hub’s flagship opposition, uniting democratic forces to push Beijing on democratic reforms, and to uphold freedoms.

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scintilla@lemm.ee on 13 Apr 11:55 next collapse

ib4 the inevitable “but China always had sovereignty over HK”

5in1k@lemm.ee on 13 Apr 13:17 next collapse

Wow, what a country.

hohoho@lemmy.world on 14 Apr 06:01 collapse

I just visited HK for the first time and it’s remarkably beautiful while similar in a lot of ways to NYC. I would be sad to see it slip into the darkness of an authoritarian regime.

Witchfire@lemmy.world on 14 Apr 06:06 collapse

I would be sad to see it slip into the darkness of an authoritarian regime.

Just like NYC

nkat2112@sh.itjust.works on 13 Apr 13:39 collapse

The doings of Winnie-the-Pooh.