Hong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party is shutting down as Beijing leaves no room for dissent
Teona Gherasim
Hong Kong CNN — Hong Kong’s oldest and largest pro-democracy political party is moving to disband as Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on the city leaves even moderate opposition groups with no room to operate. The Democratic Party, one of the leading voices of opposition in the semi-autonomous city for the past three decades, has started the process of dissolution following recent warnings from Chinese government officials, two of its veteran members told CNN. “The message was that the party has
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