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...closest thing Hong Kong has to a constitution. Beijing says it's simply conducting an exercise in "interpretation." But the move has ignited a furious debate among Hong Kongers over its necessity, and has even sparked unrest. Last Thursday some 3,000 people held a candlelight vigil to protest what they feel is unwarranted Chinese interference, and the following day police forcibly removed 100 demonstrators besieging the main government office building. The fear: that Beijing is on the brink of curtailing the extent to which the territory is master of its own destiny. Here is Time's guide to Hong...
...corner. Yes. If Hong Kong is to directly elect its top official in 2007 and all of Legco in 2008, the process of altering election laws has to begin soon. More importantly, public pressure is intensifying. Last July, half a million people took to Hong Kong's streets to protest security legislation proposed by the government of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa. That bill has since been shelved indefinitely. But almost overnight the movement rallied to a new demand: direct elections. And now Beijing wants to rule on that issue. Its concern is that direct elections will define the debate...
...French public that has tossed out the last two governments because of their reform programs has for more than a year now been growling its displeasure over Raffarin's belt-tightening regime. Last May public sector workers - including transport workers, civil servants and teachers - took to the streets to protest pension reforms, and during the summer performing-arts workers shut down arts festivals in a battle over unemployment benefits that's still going on. Thousands of scientists and researchers have marched against reduced funding, and last week some 3,500 firefighters staged a demo to dramatize their call...
...point during the protest, the HAC members engaged in a fake shouting match with some of the members of HIPJ who were dressed as “Billionaires for Bush...
Darwitz skated in past co-captain Angela Ruggiero and knocked in the rebound past Boe’s right, but as soon as the officials signaled a goal, Boe and the rest of the Crimson turned in protest and the goal was put under review...