An ethnic minority delegate poses for photos outside the Great Hall of the People after the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress in Beijing on March 5, 2021.- AFP
BEIJING, March 5 (Bloomberg): China advanced sweeping plans to curb the role of opposition activists in Hong Kong elections, with local media reports saying a vote for the city’s legislature would be delayed another year to September 2022.
The National People’s Congress in Beijing laid out plans to pass changes to Hong Kong’s electoral system in the coming days, following through on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s call to ensure "patriots” run the global financial center. That edict appeared to rule out many pro-democracy candidates who have won elected office since the city’s return from British rule in 1997.
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