{"id":62507,"date":"2019-10-30T01:32:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T01:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=62507"},"modified":"2019-10-30T01:32:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T01:32:50","slug":"hong-kong-bars-activist-joshua-wong-district-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=62507","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong bars activist Joshua Wong from district poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG (Reuters) &#8211; Hong Kong authorities disqualified prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong on Tuesday from standing in upcoming district elections, a move likely to sow discord among anti-government demonstrators as an illegal Halloween march looms.<\/p>\n<p>Wong, who was 17 when he became the face of the 2014 student-led Umbrella Movement, has not been a leading figure in the latest five-month spate of largely leaderless protests in the Chinese-ruled city.<\/p>\n<p>The bespectacled Wong, now 23, holds a high profile internationally, however, and described his disqualification &#8211; on the grounds that advocacy of Hong Kong&#8217;s self-determination violates electoral laws &#8211; as political censorship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The decision to ban me from running (for) office is clearly politically driven,&#8221; Wong said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The so-called &#8216;reasons&#8217; is judging subjectively on my intention to uphold Basic Law. But everyone would know that the true reason is my identity, Joshua Wong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s protests, which started over a now-withdrawn extradition bill, have evolved into calls for greater democracy. They have plunged the city into its biggest crisis in decades, taking a heavy toll on the economy and showing little sign of letting up.<\/p>\n<p>They have also posed the biggest populist challenge to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he came to power in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Wong said he was the only person disqualified out of more than 1,100 candidates in district council elections set for Nov. 24.<\/p>\n<p>Such votes have previously attracted little fanfare and been dominated by pro-Beijing candidates. But a summer of unrest has infused a new significance in the poll and prompted a record number of candidates and voters to register.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is questionable whether Mr Wong accepts the People&#8217;s Republic of China&#8217;s sovereignty over (Hong Kong) and whether he is of the view that independence and referendum would be options for Hong Kong,&#8221; the returning officer for Wong&#8217;s district, Laura Aron, said in a statement seen by Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong&#8217;s government separately said one candidate was deemed invalid for contravening electoral laws that bar &#8220;advocating or promoting &#8216;self-determination'&#8221;. It did not identify Wong by name.<\/p>\n<p>Wong has said he supports the idea of a non-binding referendum for people to have a say over Hong Kong&#8217;s future but that he is against independence, according to a post on his Facebook page on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan&#8217;s ruling party said on Tuesday that it &#8220;deeply regretted&#8221; the decision to disqualify Wong and urged Hong Kong to offer &#8220;real universal suffrage&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<p>Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has been a vocal supporter of democracy in Hong Kong, a stance seen as bolstering her domestic support ahead of elections in January where she has taken the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Self-ruled Taiwan is claimed by China as its own territory. Beijing has proposed to rule Taiwan under a &#8220;one country, two systems&#8221; formula similar to Hong Kong, guaranteeing certain freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>In Washington, Democratic U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the action against Wong &#8220;another blow against rule of law in Hong Kong and the principle of \u201cOne Country, Two Systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people of #HongKong should be able to choose their elected officials,&#8221; said Pelosi, who this month backed House legislation that would tighten U.S. scrutiny of Chinese rule in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;VERY GRIM&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Wong&#8217;s disqualification followed another weekend of protests that descended into chaotic clashes with police.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters are angry about what they view as increasing interference by Beijing in Hong Kong, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997 under a &#8220;one country, two systems&#8221; formula intended to guarantee freedoms not seen on the mainland.<\/p>\n<p>China denies meddling and has accused foreign governments, including the United States and Britain, of stirring up trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she expected the Asian financial hub to record negative economic growth this year, in part as a result of the unrest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our current assessment is that the full year of 2019 will likely show negative growth, which means we won&#8217;t be able to achieve the already revised down positive growth of 0-1%,&#8221; Lam said. &#8220;The situation is very grim&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>With visitors deterred by months of violence, many small firms across the city have already closed or are struggling to turn a profit.<\/p>\n<p>Lam&#8217;s gloomy forecast came two days after Financial Secretary Paul Chan said Hong Kong had slipped into a technical recession &#8211; meaning two successive quarters of contraction. That is expected to be confirmed by third-quarter GDP data on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing-backed Lam said the government would unveil measures to boost the economy once the unrest died down, without giving details.<\/p>\n<p>Lam&#8217;s popularity is the lowest since she took office, and lower than any other chief executive in history, a poll released on Tuesday by Hong Kong Public Opinion Program showed. The telephone poll covered 1,038 residents in mid-October.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Clare Jim, Donny Kwok, Farah Master, Noah Sin, Twinnie Siu and Felix Tam in Hong Kong, Yimou Lee in Taipei and Patricia Zengerle and David Brunnstrom in Washington; Writing by Anne Marie Roantree, Tom Westbrook and John Geddie; Editing by Gareth Jones and Peter Cooney)<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG (Reuters) &#8211; Hong Kong authorities disqualified prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong on Tuesday from standing in upcoming district elections, a move likely to sow discord among anti-government demonstrators as an illegal Halloween march looms. 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