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China rejects interference in Hong Kong, 'thoughtless' British remarks
Submitted by Emmett Harris on Mon, 2013-09-16 23:00
“British Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire, called in a weekend newspaper article for full universal suffrage, saying Hong Kong people should get a genuine choice in its first full election planned for 2017.” As if the option of Obama or McCain was a genuine choice, but Swire is only concerned about some former colonies.
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