HONG KONG — Hong Kongers head to the polls on Sunday to elect the city’s next legislative council. <br /> <br />Beijing’s hollow promises of allowing autonomy have led to a surge in pro-independence sentiment recently, as well as a whole mess of new political parties. <br /> <br />The Umbrella Movement sparked a generation of young Hong Kongers to stand up, and now they want their voices to be heard. <br /> <br />The established pro-democracy parties are seen as ineffective, but now the problem is the left actually has too many candidates on the ticket. <br /> <br />And while the pro-democracy camp is battling with too many cooks in the kitchen, the pro-Beijing parties like the DAB and the Liberal Party and coordinating their efforts to maximize their seats in an already China-rigged ‘voting’ system. <br /> <br />To keep the China-puppets from ramming through bad legislation, the real goal for Hong Kongers is to just get enough seats to hold veto power, but that may be easier said than done.
