Electoral plan prompts protests in Hong Kong

The announcement of a plan for electoral reform that will allow Beijing to vet all candidates running for chief executive in Hong Kong resulted in thousands protesting Sunday night in the former British colony, Financial Times reported. “Hong Kong people will have one person, one vote, but Beijing will select all the candidates – puppets. What is the difference between a rotten apple, a rotten orange and a rotten banana,” said Martin Lee, founder of the Democratic Party. Occupy Central, a pro-democracy group backed by media tycoon Jimmy Lai, said it would proceed with a civil disobedience campaign that would involve blocking the city’s Central business district.