Bureaucrats disqualify Hong Kong legislative candidates for insufficient loyalty
by Cory Doctorow from on (#1PM77)
2014's Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong was an uprising over the Chinese government's announcement that it would exercise a veto over who could stand for election to the Hong Kong legislature (as Boss Tweed said, "I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating."). (more")