HongKong

Déjà vu as Carrie Lam backs plan to let Hongkongers on mainland vote in Legco elections




When politicians want to test public reaction to a policy initiative, they sometimes send up a “trial balloon”. The idea is floated in public, often non-attributable, to see if it meets applause or derision. Depending on the reaction, the plan can then be confidently implemented, amended or quietly abandoned.

Earlier this month, the media suddenly filled with stories that Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was poised to announce that Hong Kong citizens living in southern China might be…



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