Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Councilors Quit Amid Threat

Penny Zhou
By Penny Zhou
July 14, 2021China in Focus
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Hong Kong’s democracy continues to crumble under pressure from Beijing. The city’s district councilors are now being forced to pledge allegiance to the local government controlled by Beijing—or else they will be unseated. Many are saying they can’t take it anymore.

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