As the Chinese government dithers over the democratic reforms promised in the city's mini-constitution, they have remained passive.
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The Basic Law, China's mini-constitution for Hong Kong, decrees that the executive is accountable to the Legislative Council (Legco).
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It stopped admitting Hong Kong Chinese children born to Hong Kong residents, whom the Basic Law, Hong Kong's mini-constitution, stipulates may live there.
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