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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 31 Aug 2014

    China rules out open nominations for next Hong Kong leader, state media report, in move likely to trigger protestshttp://bbc.in/1pXuv83 

    1:05 AM - 31 Aug 2014
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      2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 31 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        China will nominate "2 to 3" candidates for #HongKong leadership in 2017, government sayshttp://bbc.in/1tlgq6F 

        31 replies 250 retweets 94 likes
      3. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 31 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        China "dashed people's hopes for change" by barring open #HongKong leadership race, campaigners sayhttp://bbc.in/1tlgq6F 

        17 replies 164 retweets 76 likes
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      1. 噴照骨胡‏ @hundericocco 31 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsAsia The leader of #HongKong should be chosen by #HongKongPeople. It is the #democracy. #StopChina #StopCCP #FreeHK

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      1. * Le Adz‏ @AdamColling 31 Aug 2014
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        @BBCBreaking my vote would go yo @SammyLai

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      1. Alexander  🇬🇧‏ @AlexWMathers 31 Aug 2014
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        @BBCBreaking C'mon. Probably the Hong Kongers have to say 'Thank you, China' for givin em a 'real' vote! Wow, what a 'nice' referendum.

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      1. Matthew Lai‏ @matthewjai 31 Aug 2014
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        @BBCBreaking #GodSaveHongKong

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      2. Malam Isah | Makama‏ @Isah_ne 31 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking So shall race be open in Nigeria!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Zaneta Višy‏ @vkzaneta 1 Sep 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking What is OPEN in China? I can remember only OPEN MAKING PHOTOS of West's products for illegal production as "made in China".

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      1. shirley kong‏ @shirleykong 1 Sep 2014
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        @BBCBreaking Shall this time be the best for the British government to voice out for the post-colonial democracy in Hong Kong?

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      1. Dinah Lee Küng‏ @DinahLeeKung 31 Aug 2014
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        @BBCBreaking Like we did not see this coming in 1984 listening to FCO twaddle from Thatcher that the agreement had 'the weight of a treaty?'

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      2. Sing Lam‏ @lam_sing 31 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking HKer here. you brits hv the moral responsibility here to stand up for us now when you decided to sell us to the commies in 1984

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Sing Lam‏ @lam_sing 31 Aug 2014
        Replying to @lam_sing

        @BBCBreaking the commies now disregard the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law. which both are UN reg. doc. and you Brits signed them too.

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      1. Sankar Chanda‏ @sankarchanda99 31 Aug 2014
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        @BBCBreaking China is scared of the generally accepted norms of democracy. They want brainwashed people to lead along the approved grooves.

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      1. Michaela‏ @Michael37311757 31 Aug 2014
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        @BBCBreaking no surprise there then

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