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Beijing’s Crackdown on Hong Kong Dissidents

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What Happened to the Legislative Elections?

It sounds like this primary was immediately threatening to China's government, like before it even happened. So after it took place, what happened then? Well, the legislative elections were canceled twice for the reason of COVID. And it gave Beijing an excuse to then go in and arrest everyone who had been involved in organizing that poll.

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