HONG KONG ¨C China¡¯s plan to dramatically reform Hong Kong¡¯s electoral system, expected to be unveiled in a parliamentary session in Beijing starting this week, will upend the territory¡¯s political scene, according to more than a dozen politicians from across the spectrum.
The proposed reform will put further pressure on pro-democracy activists, who are already the subject of a crackdown on dissent, and has ruffled the feathers of some pro-Beijing loyalists, some of whom may find themselves swept aside by a new and ambitious crop of loyalists, the people said.
¡°It will be an earthquake shaking up local political interests,¡± said one person briefed on the impending changes.
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