Since then, most high-profile democratic politicians and activists have been sent to jail or are in self-exile. “The central authorities have good intentions,” the Liaison Office, Beijing’s representative body in Hong Kong, said in a statement. British foreign secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday that proposed changes to Hong Kong’s electoral system would further undermine international trust in China. “This is the latest step by Beijing to hollow out the space for democratic debate in Hong Kong,” Raab said. Beijing had promised universal suffrage as an ultimate goal for Hong Kong in its mini-constitution, the Basic Law.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 11, 2021 10:14 UTC