{"id":47644,"date":"2015-06-16T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=47644 "},"modified":"2015-06-16T23:19:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T23:19:00","slug":"47644-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=47644","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong government set to reveal political reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hong Kong’s government is set to present a controversial political reform package ahead of a much-anticipated vote later this week.<\/div>
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Protesters are gathering outside the city’s Legislative Council building.<\/div>
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The package will for the first time give citizens the right to vote for its chief executive, in 2017. But candidates will be vetted by a pro-Beijing committee.<\/div>
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Last September the city saw weeks of large-scale pro-democracy protests.<\/div>
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Hundreds of activists, comprising of pro-democracy and pro-Beijing supporters, are outside the Legislative Council (LegCo) premises waving banners and shouting slogans.<\/div>
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The South China Morning Post reported that police have stationed at least 200 officers within the building and deployed another 1,000 outside.<\/div>
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Details of the package are expected to be presented by the government at 11:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Wednesday.<\/div>
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Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers look set to vote against the reforms despite warnings from the Chinese government not to do so.<\/div>
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If that is the case, it is unlikely to get the two-thirds majority it needs to pass.<\/div>
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“If the pan-democrats stubbornly insist on vetoing the proposal, democracy in Hong Kong will come to a standstill,” Song Ru’an, a Chinese foreign ministry official in Hong Kong, told reporters.<\/div>
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It is unclear what China’s response will be if the package is vetoed in the vote, which is expected to take place on Thursday or Friday.<\/div>
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Security has been stepped up across the city, with both pro-democracy and pro-government groups due to rally outside the government headquarters when the debate starts on Wednesday.<\/div>
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On Tuesday, China warned against “radical forces” in Hong Kong after police arrested 10 people on suspicion of making explosives.<\/div>
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Analysis: Juliana Liu, BBC News, Hong Kong<\/div>
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The last time the spectre of bombs exploding on the streets hung over Hong Kong, the city was still a British colony.<\/div>
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But over the past 50 years, despite major upheavals, Hong Kong has remained an uncommonly safe city, home to people holding diverse political views.<\/div>
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So, the news that police had arrested at least 10 people on suspicion of conspiracy to make bombs, ahead of a key vote at the Legislative Council, has shocked and divided the general public.<\/div>
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