(Updated) China’s parliament to delay Hong Kong legislative vote, overhaul electoral system ...Middle East

HONG KONG, March 5: Elections for Hong Kong's legislature will likely be deferred for a second year to September 2022 as Beijing plans a major overhaul of the city's electoral system, a severe blow to any remaining democratic hopes in the global financial hub.The delay, which South China Morning Post and other local media reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources, would be in line with a new effort by Beijing to ensure “patriots” are in charge of all public institutions in the former British colony.The National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp parliament, will pass the changes at its annual session which opened on Friday and will last a week.Senior Chinese lawmaker Wang Chen said Ch

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