Hong Kong excludes pro-democracy candidates

Not a single candidate from the largest and oldest pro-democracy party will be allowed to run in Hong Kong’s local election in December. Because of Beijing-imposed electoral reforms, none of the six Democratic Party candidates made it through the selection process, its chairman Lo Kin Hei said, according to AFP. The candidate for the small ADPL party, Kwok Wai Shing, was also denied candidacy, according to the party.