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Beijing's pick Lam chosen as Hong Kong leader

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What a sham. She is nothing more than a subservient mouthpiece for the tai pans and the Beijing government. And she will ensure that the average Hong Konger without much money continues to get screwed.

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This is a prime example of how the Government of China views a democratic mandate. Fake election, along side its fake watches, iphones, along with anything that can be cloned or counterfeited.

This is the same Government of China that chooses to lecture the Government of Japan not to mislead young people over wartime history.

For the people of China the future set, it our way or forced house arrest, internment, failing that, the same fate the pro democracy demonstrators faced at Tiananmen Square.

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After this, it will make TAIWANESE become more aware of what things would be like if China one day imposes "one-country-two-systems" on the island nation that China claims to be hers. It is all lies and broken promises. For example, the election committee that voted had only 1200 members, mostly Beijing stooges; yet it is trumpeted as a body that "has wide representation". This time it voted in a person with only 1/2 the public support rate of the very strong challenger. In fact, she almost got twice the committee votes as the challenger. All because Beijing ordered the stooges to vote the anointed person in, two months before the voting took place, and everybody fell into line. The Chinese today are political barbarians.

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Most of the public would have preferred a different candidate (品客薯片叔叔) to Lam who just represents the same old same old, kowtowing to Beijing and putting them before the people and interests of Hong Kong. Hell she might even take the oath in Mandarin.

Even the Japanese are allowed to vote which corrupt politicians they want in government (albeit with up to 5 votes for rural voters). Beijing will choose the corrupt ones for the Hongkongers. One day, maybe one day.

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