[Link] China Calls This ‘Democracy.’ Hong Kongers Don’t Buy It.

Read: 20/12/2021 www.vice.com

Only 30.2 percent of Hong Kong’s 4.4 million voters cast a ballot on Sunday, a record low turnout for any citywide elections, even as the government tried to encourage voting by offering free subway rides and text message reminders.

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[Link] Missing tennis star Peng Shuai says she 'wants her privacy respected' in video call with IOC president

Read: 21/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The International Olympic Committee says Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has called its president to tell him she is safe and well.

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[Link] China's COVID death rate is curiously low. An anonymous Beijing doctor told us how they’re doing it

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

If accurate, the official figures highlight the benefits of the world's strictest zero-tolerance policy, which involved keeping borders closed and moving quickly to suppress small outbreaks.

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