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                 China Sets Tight Rules for Hong Kong Election

   by VOA News

   China's top legislative body says it will tightly control the
   nomination of candidates for a landmark selection in Hong Kong in 2017.

   The National People's Congress Standing Committee decided on Sunday
   that candidates to become Hong Kong's next Chief Executive must receive
   a majority vote from a "broadly representative" nominating committee in
   order to run in the 2017 election.

   The ruling makes it unlikely that any opposition candidates will get on
   the ballot.

   The decision will likely anger pro-democracy activists in the former
   British colony, who have threatened civil disobedience if China
   prohibits direct election of candidates, calling Beijing's
   pre-screening of candidates "fake democracy," rendering any vote
   meaningless.

   All of Hong Kong's chief executives have been chosen by a small
   election committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists drawn mostly from
   business sectors.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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