AP Explains: Hong Kong’s unusual system to pick its leader
Hong Kong is poised to choose a new leader on Sunday when members of a committee dominated by elites favoured by Beijing cast their ballots in the first such vote since 2014’s huge pro-democracy protests.
Here’s a look at the electoral system, which critics have dubbed a “small-circle” or “fake” election because of its strict limits on popular participation:
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