{"id":74511,"date":"2010-05-23T23:44:36","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T06:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=74511"},"modified":"2010-05-23T23:44:36","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T06:44:36","slug":"hong-kong-democrats-hold-first-official-meeting-with-chinese-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/05\/hong-kong-democrats-hold-first-official-meeting-with-chinese-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Democrats Hold First Official Meeting With Chinese Official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/world\/breakingnews\/hong-kong-democrats-hold-first-official-meeting-with-chinese-official-94717949.html\">AP<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p> A Chinese official on Monday met with Hong Kong&#8217;s Democratic Party in Beijing&#8217;s first formal contact with the opposition party since this former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1994, the Democratic Party is Hong Kong&#8217;s leading opposition party, but it has always been viewed with suspicion by Beijing because it&#8217;s harshly critical of China&#8217;s authoritarian rule. It&#8217;s also a fierce advocate of full democracy in this semiautonomous Chinese territory where the leader is chosen by an 800-member pro-Beijing committee and the 60-member legislature is half-elected, half chosen by interest groups.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party&#8217;s first chairman, veteran activist Martin Lee, has been branded a &#8220;Chinese traitor&#8221; and &#8220;running dog for colonialists&#8221; by Chinese officials and their allies for briefing foreign officials about Hong Kong&#8217;s democracy movement. Many of its legislators have been denied travel documents commonly issued to Hong Kongers that allow them to travel freely to the mainland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: A Chinese official on Monday met with Hong Kong&#8217;s Democratic Party in Beijing&#8217;s first formal contact with the opposition party since this former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. 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