Hong Kong Poll Reform Vote

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  Hong Kong Arrests 9 Suspected of Bomb-Making Plot Ahead of Poll Reform Vote

  Hong Kong police arrested nine people and seized suspected explosives, authorities said on Monday, as the city goes on high alert ahead of a crucial vote on a China-backed electoral reform package that sparked widespread protests last year.

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  Hong Kong Braces for New Democracy Showdown as Poll Reform Vote Looms

  Hong Kong is gearing up for a vote this week on a contentious electoral reform package backed by Beijing, with a weekend poll showing public support has shifted against the proposal amid renewed street marches by pro-democracy protesters.

• China Media Slams Hong Kong Democracy Poll Despite 800,000 Votes

  Organisers on Monday urged Hong Kong's government to take seriously an unofficial referendum on democratic reform after nearly 800,000 people voted in the Chinese city, but state media in Beijing dismissed the ballot as unpatriotic.

• China Slams Hong Kong Democracy Poll Despite 800,000 Votes

  Organisers on Monday urged Hong Kong's government to take seriously an unofficial referendum on democratic reform after nearly 800,000 people voted in the Chinese city, but state media in Beijing dismissed the ballot as unpatriotic.

• Hong Kong Wraps up Unofficial Democracy Poll in Defiance of Beijing

  More than 765,000 votes had been cast by early afternoon on Sunday, the final day of an unofficial referendum on democratic reforms in Hong Kong, part of a civil campaign that has been branded illegal by local and mainland Chinese authorities.

• China Paper Slams Hong Kong Democracy Poll as 'Farce'

  A state-run Chinese newspaper today slammed Hong Kong's unofficial referendum on democratic reform -- which has drawn more than 7,00,000 votes -- as an "illegal farce" that was "tinged with mincing ludicrousness".

• Hundreds of Thousands Vote in Hong Kong Democracy "Poll" in Defiance of Beijing

  Nearly 600,000 votes have been cast in three days of an unofficial referendum on democratic reforms in Hong Kong, part of a civil campaign that has been branded illegal by the former British colony and by Communist Party authorities in Beijing.

• Half-a-Million Vote in Hong Kong Democracy Poll

  More than half-a-million people have voted in an unofficial Hong Kong electoral reform poll, organisers said on Saturday, in a ballot hit by a massive cyberattack and labelled by Beijing as "illegal".

• Almost 300,000 People Vote in Hong Kong Democracy Poll

  Almost 300,000 people took part in an unofficial Hong Kong vote on electoral reform on Friday, a poll which China has condemned as fears grow that Beijing will backtrack on its promise of universal suffrage.