Source: South China Morning PostChina’s plan to change Hong Kong’s electoral system is a “direct attack” on its autonomy and democratic processes, the US State Department said on Friday, adding that Washington was intent on “galvanising collective action” against Chinese rights abuses.The comments by State Department spokesman Ned Price followed news out of Beijing earlier in the day that China would tighten its grip on Hong Kong by altering the electoral committee that chooses the city’s leader, giving it enhanced power to…Read More