November 25 is the next special election, scheduled to fill another of the seats vacated in the long-running oath-taking saga. A total of six legislators-elect were disqualified after Beijing unexpectedly stiffened the rules on oaths-of-office. The six, all democrats, had been elected to the Legislative Council in September 2016. Four seats were filled in a … Continue reading Hong Kong’s election bans: How Beijing’s shifting definition of ‘separatism’ snared another victim