Hong Kong's next leader to be vetted by China

August 31, 2014 17:07

China has ruled out allowing open nominations in elections for the Hong Kong's next leader, in a move that could ignite tension in the Asian financial hub where the democracy advocates have threatened to shut down the main business district in protest.

Rejecting calls by democracy activists in the former British colony to permit Hong Kongers to directly elect their chief executive from an open list of candidates, China's rubber-stamp Parliament -- the National People's Congress -- ruled that candidates must receive more than half of votes from a special nominating body before going before voters.

The NPC's move is expected to spark strong reactions from Hong Kong where series of demonstrations are being held demanding direct election of the chief executive to fulfill the promises made by Beijing when Hong Kong returned from British rule to China in 1997.

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