Today's TOP STORY in the int'l media...
Hong Kong’s voters have delivered an unprecedented landslide for pro-democracy candidates in local elections, in a powerful show of solidarity with the city’s protest movement and rebuke to the government over its handling of the crisis.
Over six months of escalating violence on the streets, Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam had claimed the support of a “silent majority” for her hardline response and refusal to compromise. Sunday’s vote, widely seen as a proxy referendum on the city’s future, exposed that stance as a sham.
People turned out in record numbers to eject pro-Beijing politicians from district councils they had controlled across the city...(source: Guardian, 11.25)
Hongkongers dealt a crushing blow to the city's pro-Beijing camp on Sunday by voting overwhelmingly for pro-democracy politicians https://t.co/PMyRXZtiiv pic.twitter.com/HRH5kSxp3i
— SCMP News (@SCMPNews) 25. November 2019
Hong Kong District Council election: Democrats’ landslide victory as covered by local and int’l newspapers https://t.co/Ir351Gih0A #HongKong #China #antielab #antiELABhk #HongKongProtests@holmeschan_
— Hong Kong Free Press (@HongKongFP) 25. November 2019
