After months of protests, Beijing offers a proposal.
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- Hong Kong was a British colony until the UK gave it back in ‘97.
- Part of the deal was that HK would govern itself for 50 years.
- But people in HK say Beijing has too much influence in voting.
- Beijing gets to approve any political candidates on the ballot.
- Last year, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers protested.
- It was part of the Occupy movement and lasted for 4 months.
- This week, Beijing submitted a proposal for universal suffrage.
- But they kept in the part about approving all candidates.
- Pro-democracy legislators in HK have vowed to veto the bill.
- More protests may be coming.
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