Chief Executive Election 2017 Terminology – Conspirary theories

All signs point to Carrie Lam being Beijing's favourite for the Chief Executive's job but one popular theory attests that this is just a smokescreen, and that Xi Jinping's pick is really John Tsang. What are we to make of conspiracy theories at election time?

Chief Executive Election 2017 terminology – D-Day

In the first of our election buzzwords, we bring you D-Day:

Comparison of policy platforms of would-be Chief Executive candidates

Where do the four main would-be candidates for the Chief Executive election stand on issues like tax, education and housing?  

LegCo Election 2016 Results

Graphics showing how the camps align in the new Legislative Council were pro-democracy forces retain their crucial veto power, and the full lists of winners in the geographical seats.

Where they stand on the issues – District Council ‘superseats’

The last installment of "Where they stand on the issues" covers the District Council functional constituency, popularly known as 'superseats'. The recent withdrawal of three pan-democrat candidate lists has intensified competition for two candidate lists vying for the fifth seat in the functional constituency.

Hong Kong’s interminable televised election debates

They’re colourful, long and often combative but do TV election forums need reform?

Where they stand on the issues – New Territories East

In this installment of our series on how Legislative Council election candidates responded to the questions first time voters told us they most wanted to ask them, we turn to the geographical constituency with the most competing lists, New Territories East.

Close to 40 per cent of young people would support pro-independence candidates

A Varsity survey of more than 300 young voters has found that 41 per cent of respondents identified with the localist camp and 38 per cent of respondents said they were likely to or would definitely vote for a candidate who advocates Hong Kong independence.

My First Vote – Lee Shing-chun

Lee Shing-chun, 20, says the current splits in society are worrying. Lee says that when people respect one another, the existence of many different voices...