universal suffrage
- n suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country
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- Hong Kong Nationals Protest Beijing in Annual March
Despite torrential rains, thousands of protesters spilled into the streets of Hong Kong to express dissatisfaction with the Beijing-backed chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, and demand universal suffrage and democratic reforms. The protests Monday were part of what has become an annual July 1 protest march...
July 2, 2013 - ABC News via Yahoo! News - Thousands demand China honor Hong Kong democracy pledge
By Greg Torode and Grace Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands braved typhoon rains in Hong Kong on Monday to demand China live up to its promise to allow fully democratic elections there in 2017 amid mounting fears of increased meddling by Beijing's Communist Party leaders. The former British colony returned to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, with the promise of universal suffrage as an ...
July 1, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thousands brave typhoon rains demanding China honor Hong Kong democracy pledge
By Greg Torode and Grace Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands braved typhoon rains on Monday to demand China live up to its promise to allow fully democratic elections in Hong Kong in 2017 amid mounting fears of increased meddling by Beijing's Communist Party leaders. The former British colony returned to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, with the promise of universal suffrage as an "ultimate ...
July 1, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News