China says will 'improve' way Hong Kong chief executive selected
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A Chinese flag flutters at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China on Oct 25, 2019.
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BEIJING (AFP) - China said on Friday (Nov 1) it would "improve" the way Hong Kong's chief executive and other officials are selected after months of pro-democracy protests in the semi-autonomous city.
Mr Shen Chunyao, director of the Hong Kong, Macau and Basic Law Commission, also said Chinese Communist Party officials decided at a conclave this week that the legal system of the city would be improved to "safeguard national security".
