Chinese state media downplayed the results of Hong Kong's local elections on Sunday, and said the polls 'fell victim' to social unrest.
Pan-democracy candidates in Hong Kong won almost 90% of 452 district council seats in Sunday's elections — widely seen as a barometer of public sentiment after months of social unrest in the special administrative region.
The results were also a stinging rebuke to Beijing-backed chief executive Carrie Lam and her administration. Voters stand in line outside a polling station during the District Council election in the Lam Tin district of Hong Kong, China, on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019.After Hong Kong's pro-democracy candidates scored a landslide win in local elections, Chinese state media called the results "skewed" and a "setback" for the city's drive for democracy.
"The result of Sunday's district council election marks a setback for Hong Kong's democratic development, as the results were skewed by the illegal activities of the opposition camp to the benefit of their candidates," said China Daily in an"In the run up to Sunday's voting, members of the opposition camp, particularly their young agitators, engaged in an all-out campaign to sabotage the campaign activities of pro-establishment candidates and intimidate their...
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