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Gerry Connolly: “It should be worth noting that Beijing committed itself to universal suffrage in Hong Kong as part of is basic law for…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2019
It should be worth noting that Beijing committed itself to universal suffrage in Hong Kong as part of is basic law for governing the city, but it is yet to make good on that promise.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly points out Beijing's unfulfilled promise of universal suffrage in Hong Kong.

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