From Reuters, via ABCNews.com:
Beijing is likely to hint at the possibility of giving full democracy to Hong Kong by 2017 to win over pro-democracy lawmakers opposed to the city government’s election reform proposals, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Citing an unidentified source close to Beijing, the South China Morning Post said the hint would be delivered by a Chinese state leader in a vaguely worded statement…
The report that Beijing was planning the rare overture comes after tens of thousands marched in Hong Kong on Sunday demanding a timetable for direct elections.
