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Hong Kong rejects democratic reforms

Name: Hong Kong rejects democratic reforms
Uploaded: 2015-06-18T10:06:51.837Z
Duration: 2 min 48 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Ben Bland on why pro-democracy campaigners rejected the vote

Pro-democracy advocates have triumphed in Hong Kong's legislature, which rejected the Beijing-supported government reform programme that would have given Hong Kongers the right to vote for their political leaders. The FT's Ben Bland reports.

June 18, 2015

Filmed and produced by Tom Griggs. Additional footage by Reuters.