The measure adds to a crackdown against a protest movement calling for greater democracy in Hong Kong.
China’s ceremonial legislature plans to endorse the Communist Party’s latest move to tighten control over Hong Kong by reducing the role of its public in picking the territory’s leaders.
The measure adds to a crackdown against a protest movement calling for greater democracy in Hong Kong. The crackdown has prompted complaints that Beijing is eroding the autonomy promised when Hong Kong return to China in 1997 and has hurt its status as a global financial centre.
The National People’s Congress, which was due to end its annual meeting on Thursday, will endorse “improvements to the electoral system” of Hong Kong, the body’s Standing Committee said.
The plan would give a pro-Beijing committee power to appoint more of Hong Kong’s lawmakers, reducing the number elected by the public. The NPC also was due to endorse the ruling party’s latest five-year development…