Hong Kong's anti-Beijing camp is headed for a landslide victory in district council elections
Officials open a ballot box at a polling station in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China November 24, 2019.
When the results began trickling in after midnight, including upset wins for anti-Beijing candidates against heavyweight pro-Beijing opponents, some voting centres erupted in loud cheers and chants of "Liberate Hong Kong. Revolution Now," - a slogan of many protesters on the streets over the past half year.
The voting ended with no major disruptions in a day that saw massive, though orderly queues form outside voting centres. Hong Kong's district councils control some spending and decide a range of local livelihood issues such as transport. They also serve as an important grassroots platform to radiate political influence in the China-ruled city.Demonstrators are angry at what they see as Chinese meddling in the freedoms promised to the former British colony when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997. They say they are also responding to perceived police brutality.
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