On Air Highlights
Public opinion forcing Beijing’s hand in Hong Kong elections
21 February 2012
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In just over a month Hong Kong will have a new chief executive who’ll be elected by a select committee of twelve hundred largely Beijing backed business and political elites.
But despite the public not having the right to decide their next leader through the ballot box. their opinions still seem to be driving the outcome of this election.
Presenter: Kanaha Sabapathy
Speakers: Professor Michael DeGolyer, Hong Kong Baptist University; Christine Loh, the CEO of the non profit think tank Civic Exchange
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