For those wandering the steamy streets of Hong Kong these days, democracy seems to stare them in the face. Election posters cover buildings. Candidates smile and wave from subway entrances. Radio and TV ads beckon voters.
Millions are being called to cast ballots this weekend, in the first Legislative Council elections since Hong Kong exploded with anti-China street demonstrations in 2019 and Beijing responded with an unprecedented crackdown.
With its British colonial past and officially “semi-autonomous” status within China, Hong Kong used to pride itself on offering more freedoms than anywhere else controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, and on its
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