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December 20, 2021

Hong Kong's "Patriots Only" Election Sees Record Low Turnout
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Hong Kong voters turned out in record low numbers for a legislative
election held Sunday - the first election under a draconian new law that
only allows pro-Beijing candidates to run for office. Just 30% of Hong
Kong's 4.4 million eligible voters cast ballots in the so-called
patriots-only election.

Tse Kwok Keung: "There are no voices from the opposition side. If there
are even just some opposing opinions, they would send signals to Hong
Kong and China to indicate what Hong Kong people are thinking. But now
there will not be much of these signals."



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