Tag: universal suffrage

Hong Kong leader lays out difficulties in achieving universal suffrage

HONG KONG, China (Reuters) – New Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam struck a conciliatory tone on Wednesday (July 5) and vowed to improve ties with the legislature, but she suggested fresh reforms to bring greater democracy to the Chinese city would not be tabled anytime soon. Lam, in her first week in office, spent about an hour answering lawmakers’ questions in an especially arranged meeting, where the mood appeared less hostile compared with sessions involving […]