HONG KONG, Monday, Dec. 3 — A victory on Sunday by a popular figurehead of the democracy movement in an election for a legislative seat here has given fresh momentum to demands for the early introduction of promised democratic reforms. In one of the most fiercely contested and symbolic elections since China assumed control of Hong Kong a decade ago, the democracy advocate, Anson Chan, a 67-year-old former leader of the civil service, won a decisive victory on a platform that called for full demo...
HONG KONG, Monday, Dec. 3 — A victory on Sunday by a popular figurehead of the democracy movement in an election for a legislative seat here has given fresh momentum to demands for the early introduction of promised democratic reforms. In one of the most fiercely contested and symbolic elections since China assumed control of Hong Kong a decade ago, the democracy advocate, Anson Chan, a 67-year-old former leader of the civil service, won a decisive victory on a platform that called for full demo...