BEIJING, Nov 24 — Chinese state media urged Hong Kongers to “vote to end violence” today, as record numbers turned out for district elections after months of unrest in the city. Lengthy queues snaked out of polling stations across the semi-autonomus territory in the election for 18 district...
China papers called on voters to choose to end unrest. — Reuters pic
State media on the mainland urged voters to give support to pro-establishment forces to “end social chaos”, but the big turnout is widely expected to benefit democratic forces. asked voters: “What would you choose? A peaceful and prosperous city or a violent uncivilized one?” “You can see that there’s a high turnout... because people are very dissatisfied, they feel disgruntled politically with this bunch of rioters,” Lawrence Ma, chairman of the Hong Kong Legal Exchange Foundation, told CGTN.
“It is hoped that more Hong Kong residents will go to voting sites and cast their votes in favor of those who truly love Hong Kong,” ran the opinion piece.also posted a rap videos showing shots of Hong Kong clashes and pro-police demonstrations and urged people to: “Go tell ‘em/ people want a peaceful place.”
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