Source: United States & Canada – South China Morning PostThe central Chinese government played an “unprecedented role” over the past year in efforts to direct the outcome of elections in Hong Kong, the US State Department said on Thursday. That finding was one of several included in the annual Hong Kong Policy Act report to Congress on the state of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong, mandated by legislation that codified US relations with the city after the British handover in 1997. Across the board, the findings paint a bleak picture of deteriorating…Read More