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Hong Kong’s oldest and largest pro-democracy political party is moving to disband as Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on the city leaves even moderate opposition groups with no room to operate.
HONG KONG--When Yeung Sum co-founded the city's largest pro-democracy party more than 30 years ago, he knew building a democratic Hong Kong would be a “difficult dream." Still, it was not ...
By Tiffany May Reporting from Hong Kong The Democratic Party in Hong Kong was for decades the city’s largest opposition party. It led protests demanding universal suffrage. Its lawmakers sparred ...
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy ... as China cracks down on dissent in the southern city. Democratic Party Chairman Lo Kin-hei said over 90% of the members who took part ...
HK’s League of Social Democrats (LSD) stood outside the government headquarters on Labour Day, calling for the city’s working ...
John Burns, emeritus professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), said the party had “symbolized the promise of some kind of democratic development in Hong Kong, leading to universal suffrage ...
Lo Kin-hei, left, chairman of Hong Kong's Democratic Party and Mok Kin-shing, vice chairman, pose for photographs at a press conference at the office of Hong Kong's Democratic Party in Hong Kong ...