All 15 of Hong Kong's remaining

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pro-democracy lawmakers resigned on

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Wednesday, in solidarity with four colleagues

removed by China under a new resolution that

allows thenm to dismiss politicians they deem a

national security threat.

It means for the first time since Hong Kong

was handed back to China by the UK in 1997

there will be almost no dissenting voices.

Hong Kong Democratic Party chairman Wu

Chi-wai said this had signified the "death" of

the "one country, two systems" agreement that

allowed Hong Kong to retain more rights and

freedoms than mainland China.

It follows a tense summer of pro-democracy

protests over a controversial national

security law introduced by China in June that

criminalised "subversion". It has already led

to several arrests of activists and has largely

silenced demonstrators.

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