HK’s pro-China faction edges poll win

Election results released yesterday gave an edge to the pro-China faction in Hong Kong’s government, where power is split between those aligned with Beijing and those who favour further democratic reforms.

The pro-democratic parties, however, will retain enough of a majority to veto any proposed changes to the former British colony’s constitution.

In Sunday’s election, 40 of the 70 seats on the Hong Kong Legislative Council were decided by voters, and those were split fairly evenly between the two sides.