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[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] The World’s Longest Ruling Prime Minister Has Backed His Son to Take Over

Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com

Addressing the country he has ruled for 36 years, marking the prestigious occasion of the inauguration of a $300 million sewage treatment facility, Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen confirmed that he will back his oldest son Hun Manet to succeed him.

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[Link] The First Female President of Honduras Just Vowed to End Narco Corruption

Read: 29/11/2021 www.vice.com

After one of the most dramatic elections in Honduran history, Xiomara Castro has declared herself the winner, making her the first female president in the country's history. Then she made her first promise: to end the narco-corruption that plagued the reign of her predecessor.

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[Link] ‘Keep the bastards honest’: former Australian Democrats leader joins high-profile group backing independents

Read: 27/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

As Scott Morrison comes to the end of a ragged parliamentary week, the organisation bankrolling independents challenging Liberal incumbents in their urban heartland has amassed an election war chest of more than $4m, and bolstered its advisory body.

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