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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Politicians And Populace Face Off In Hong Kong
A Time magazine cover featuring Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is seen at an occupied area by pro-democracy protesters outside the gate of government headquarters in Hong Kong’s Admiralty district, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
He wants plutocracy. They want democracy.
He’s Leung Chun-ying, the current chief executive of Hong Kong, and they are the protesters who have been demanding full democratic suffrage from Beijing for three weeks now.
Today, protesters and officials from Leung’s administration finally met, but little was accomplished, seeing as Leung’s idea of “numerical representation” has more to do with representing Hong Kong millionaires than it does with representing the region’s entire population.
NPR’s Asia correspondent Frank Langfitt talks to Here & Now’s Robin Young about today’s talks and the divide between Hong Kong politicians and populace.
Guest
- Frank Langfitt, Shanghai correspondent for NPR. He tweets @franklangfitt.
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- A Closer Look At Governor’s Races In Kansas, Colorado, Connecticut
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