AFP- Hong Kong establishment crushed at polls in stark message to Beijing.
Hong Kong’s deeply unpopular leader vowed Monday to “listen humbly” to voters after the pro-democracy camp scored a crushing victory in community-level elections that revealed broad public support for a protest movement that has sparked months of violence.
In a rout that stunned the semi-autonomous territory, candidates seeking to loosen control by China seized an overwhelming majority of the 452 seats in the city’s 18 district councils, bodies that have historically been firmly in the grip of a Beijing-aligned establishment.
The result was a humiliating rebuke to Beijing and Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who has dismissed calls for political reform and had repeatedly suggested that a silent majority supported her administration and opposed the protest movement.
“The government will certainly listen humbly to citizens’ opinions and reflect on them seriously,” Lam said in a statement issued by the government. read more
Let the studies, to form committees, until the next election can be scheduled, to await the will of the people, commence!
If you thought the ChiComs were pissed off before, you haven’t seen anything yet.
“Any attempt to mess up Hong Kong, or even damage its prosperity and stability, will not succeed,” Wang said.
Don’t worry, Wang ol’ buddy, you’re doing a fanstastic job of damaging Hong Kong prosperity all by yourselves. When Beijing get’s done, there won’t be any prosperity left and all of the productive people will have left with their capital.
Hong Kong will end up an empty shell of burned out buildings because my gut tells me the protestors won’t give up. The more Beijing presses, the more the people will burn.
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