Hong Kong residents voted on Sunday in record numbers for a bitterly contested legislative election, with a push for independence among a disaffected younger generation of candidates and voters stoking tension with China's government. "Hong Kong is really chaotic now. Despite the disqualification of six pro-democracy election candidates from the election in July on the grounds that they supported independence, preliminary results showed several localists and young democrats likely winning seats. "The city's political spectrum has been stretched wider," said Wong Yuk-man, the head of Civic Passion, a radical pro-democracy group, who was vying for a seat. "It shows Hong Kong people are trying to get away from China, and from the Chinese Communist Party."

Source: dna September 05, 2016 02:15 UTC