HONG KONG, China: British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Tuesday said Hong Kong's universal suffrage must meet the "aspirations" of the people, in remarks likely to anger Beijing.
The comments, made in a six-monthly report prepared for Britain's parliament regarding the development of the former colony, is the second time in less than a year that Hague has publicly spoken out on an issue Beijing insists is a purely internal matter.
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