This election was widely expected to be a referendum on the protests. Look like Hong Kong came out strongly for the protesters and democracy.
A great day for Hong Kong!
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Early results suggest landslide win for pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong
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This election was widely expected to be a referendum on the protests. Look like Hong Kong came out strongly for the protesters and democracy.
A great day for Hong Kong!
This website has 2 very handy maps, one for this year's elections and one showing the results of 2015's elections: https://dce2019.thestandnews.com/
It should automatically load the map of this year's elections (if you're seeing a lot of yellow you're seeing the right one), if you click on 上屆選情 on you can see 2015's results.
Yellow: pro-democracy hold
Yellow with another color in the bottom right corner: pro-democracy flip (color indicates who they took the seat from)
Red: pro-Beijing hold
Red with another color in the bottom right corner: pro-Beijing flip (none of those as of this moment)
Solid grey: independents
2015
2019
It should automatically load the map of this year's elections (if you're seeing a lot of yellow you're seeing the right one), if you click on 上屆選情 on you can see 2015's results.
Yellow: pro-democracy hold
Yellow with another color in the bottom right corner: pro-democracy flip (color indicates who they took the seat from)
Red: pro-Beijing hold
Red with another color in the bottom right corner: pro-Beijing flip (none of those as of this moment)
Solid grey: independents
2015
2019
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Thanks for this, I hadn't seen it. Makes the difference even more stark. Go Hong Kong!
This website has 2 very handy maps, one for this year's elections and one showing the results of 2015's elections: https://dce2019.thestandnews.com/
It should automatically load the map of this year's elections (if you're seeing a lot of yellow you're seeing the right one), if you click on 上屆選情 on you can see 2015's results.
Yellow: pro-democracy hold
Yellow with another color in the bottom right corner: pro-democracy flip (color indicates who they took the seat from)
Red: pro-Beijing hold
Red with another color in the bottom right corner: pro-Beijing flip (none of those as of this moment)
Solid grey: independents
2015
2019
Wow, the pro-democracy party just destroyed everything in this election. It's crazy how many seats they flipped.
The real question now is will they honor it? Or will whoever wins just "mysteriously" disappear?
How did that even happen? I thought one of the demands was universal suffrage which wasn't granted, and that the CCP had to pre-approve candidates for certain positions?
This website has 2 very handy maps, one for this year's elections and one showing the results of 2015's elections: https://dce2019.thestandnews.com/
It should automatically load the map of this year's elections (if you're seeing a lot of yellow you're seeing the right one), if you click on 上屆選情 on you can see 2015's results.
Yellow: pro-democracy hold
Yellow with another color in the bottom right corner: pro-democracy flip (color indicates who they took the seat from)
Red: pro-Beijing hold
Red with another color in the bottom right corner: pro-Beijing flip (none of those as of this moment)
Solid grey: independents
2015
2019
These maps say it all. It's always nice to see when countries push back against autocracy. I hope what's happening there can reach the mainland.
I don't think those elected hold any real power like the CCP does.
From the timestamp.
CNN: I want to ask her about the disctrict council election. How important are these elections?
Voter: Under the system the district council election is not very important, but in our heart this is very important. . .
Maybe something lost in translation?
HK District Council doesn't have any real political power. Its main function is to provide advice to the government about people's livehood, welfare, etc. This election is more about showing the political inclination of HKers.
What the protesters are calling for is direct elections for the Legislative Council and Chief Executive. This election is only for local councils.
Why would they care if as others wrote there is no real power in the balance ?
In the grand scheme of things, what does this mean? I mean they have some time left before they are going to go back to mainland right?
The CCP would care because a more free HK goes against what the CCP stands for - control.
They're nowhere near more free no matter who wins as far as I can tell . I'm not an expert on HK though
Maybe they did and this was the best they could do anyways 😂
Get fucking bodied, Pooh.
Carrie Lam will be kicked out of office for fucking things up for the CCP.
So proud of the HK people. I hope this is a step in the right direction for them towards full democracy.
Hey now the western media is lying to you because corporate overlords #wherearethehomeless BTW Xinjiang is very accommodating to Muslims, democracy sucks
It's an incredibly important result. Before, a lot of Westerners assumed that the protestors' views were accepted by the majority, but anybody who actually knows people from HK would understand that the situation is about as contentious as voting for Trump or Brexit. Dinner tables turned silent because actual discussion would eventually devolve into shouting.
Anyway, I felt that their right to self-determination was far more important than me paternalistically projecting my values onto them. I am pleased to see that their desires have been made absolutely clear.
Anyway, I felt that their right to self-determination was far more important than me paternalistically projecting my values onto them. I am pleased to see that their desires have been made absolutely clear.
Did you post in the wrong thread? o_o Or am I missing something
Just wanna let you know this dogpile is fully warranted.
What an embarrassing take.
It is a landslide win.
Not sure if it means anything as HK will go back to China... I expect there to be tears and hardship for the people in a couple of years unless the international community steps in.
Not sure if it means anything as HK will go back to China... I expect there to be tears and hardship for the people in a couple of years unless the international community steps in.
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Something smells fishy when your protestors wave these:
And ask Trump for help. Trump. For help.
Some of them even want to go back to their colonial past. Remember when chinese people didn't have any rights and they died on the streets like rats? Yeah, me neither.
Seriously, guys, think a bit, when the Alt Right are chanting "free HK" "pro-democracy" as well...
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This situation is way way more complicated than "China fights for democracy". These protests only happen in HK, a former British colony, is not a revolution, if the people of China were against the CCP, there would be riots in every state, like what happened in Venezuela.
And ask Trump for help. Trump. For help.
Some of them even want to go back to their colonial past. Remember when chinese people didn't have any rights and they died on the streets like rats? Yeah, me neither.
Seriously, guys, think a bit, when the Alt Right are chanting "free HK" "pro-democracy" as well...
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This situation is way way more complicated than "China fights for democracy". These protests only happen in HK, a former British colony, is not a revolution, if the people of China were against the CCP, there would be riots in every state, like what happened in Venezuela.
Lol you actually doubled down.
Sorry, but you understand jack shit.
Good for the people of Hong Kong! I don't know if how much this will help in their struggle against the CCP (if at all), but I wish them all the best. A lot of folks I know that immigrated from mainland China had hoped that Hong Kong would prove what mainland China would eventually be.
I hope the best for them and all the other folks suffering from CCP oppression.
I hope the best for them and all the other folks suffering from CCP oppression.
I don't know what to say, any video that I posted with info, you can go and verify that info, instead of yelling "BS" or "propaganda" and see for yourself. When a conflict of this level is happening I usually like to hear both parties and try to find the truth or at least make my own idea. I'm not denying that there's a problem in HK or that people are suffering.
But things are escalating to violence, and I don't condone that, not for the police, not for the protesters.
All people think, and know, the news they watch are manipulated, yet they believe everything they say. I just like to watch ALL the news, from both sides, and try to find the differences. And who is lying.