HONG KONG: Protest over Beijing's delays on democratic reform
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Up to 22,000 people took to Hong Kong's streets on the weekend in the biggest public display of anger since Beijing decided last month to delay direct elections in Hong Kong until 2017 at the earliest. Ahead of the demonstration, Hong Kong's leader Donald Tsang urged the public not to ask for the impossible. Mr Tsang is due to retire in 2012, and some analysts believe the central government's decision to delay direct elections seeks to give every advantage to a pro-Beijing incumbent.
Presenter: Joanna McCarthy
Speakers: Associate Professor Chong-yi Feng from the Institute for International Studies at Sydney's University of Technology
